Ex-Zambian air force chief arrested

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Lusaka - Zambia has arrested and charged two more people, including a former air force commander, in a huge anti-corruption crackdown that has targeted former ruler Frederick Chiluba and former officials in his administration.

Lieutenant-General Sande Kayumba and Amon Sibande, chief executive officer of fuels supplies firm Base Chemicals, were arrested by Zambia's anti-corruption task force, anti-corruption task force spokesperson Mpazi Sinyangwe said.

"Lieutenant-General Kayumba has been charged with five counts of corrupt practices and two counts abuse of office," Sinyangwe said.

Sibande has been charged with five counts of corruption, he said.

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Colin Barraclough, Institutional Investor magazine, United States

According to Barraclough's interviews with former ministers and other officials in Zambia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, President Frederick Chiluba had purchased properties in Belgium, the Netherlands, and South Africa since taking office, and had sealed off his inner circle of advisors from corruption investigations. The World Bank and IMF, nevertheless, continued to disburse hundreds of millions of aid dollars to the country, allowing the government to delay the sale of near-bankrupt copper mines. And despite his record of mismanaging Zaire's copper mines while serving as director from 1973 to 1992, Francis Kaunda was appointed chief negotiator for the mines' privatization, on a $16,000 monthly salary (compared to around $500 a month for cabinet ministers). "Zambia's privatization was a looting exercise," said Jeremy Pope of Transparency International, an organization that monitors global corruption. "Government ministers simply grabbed the assets." 

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