FORMER DEPUTY IG JAILED FOR 3 YEARS IMPRISONMENT.
February 19,2024
FORMER deputy inspector general of Police Charity Katanga, 46, waves at relatives as she was escorted to into a car to go to Chimbokaila.
The former Police deputy Chief has been jailed for being in possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime valued at two million dollars .
Credit Mbili
If true. That’s okay and very welcome. However, investigators should not solely be relying on the accused person’s failure to prove legal income sourcing, instead they must find out which money(meant for) was embezzled for lay person’s to understand why some citizens suffering come about.
That’s good news for some of us who hate short cuts in life. A reasonable warning for would be offenders. She was untouchable under PF.
Once someone is found guilty, it’s no longer a matter of possessing “10 Higer buses suspected to be proceeds of crime” because you cannot send a person to jail on mere suspicion. The law on which Charity Katanga has been sent to jail required her to show proof of how she lawfully acquired the buses to the satisfaction of the court. It seems she failed to do so, hence the conviction.
Post the judgement also, it must be very interesting reading
Not surprising. This lady was an unrepentant PF cadre and contributed tremendously to the decline of the Police Force (PF). At one time she insisted that HH must get a police permit to attend church services! Her former boss is doing the rounds campaigning in “churches” without any harassment. And some are complaining about shrinking democratic space!
She even had pastors arrested in Ndola for discussing the national budget!
This is welcome news and it is one reason I voted for HH and UPND. It should also send a warning to those in the current government who have long, sticky fingers and there are many.
I am praying for more such convictions instead of resorting to forfeiture of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. At least she was subjected to the due process of the law.
Our nation has become a looters’ paradise because politician and public service thieves are never held to account.
This is the first high profile conviction. To the prosecution team I say well done.
When she was in police she was full time favoring PF while making illegal deals like this. Time has caught up with her. Apart from the sentence even the buses should be forfeited to the state so that people learn that crime does not pay.
Thou shall reap what you sow
This idiot was very sarcastic, I remember advising her that her life did not revolve around Lungu and that you never know what tomorrow brings, but No, there she was insulting and shamelessly disparaging HH, the whole of provincial police chief as if she was a provincial chief cadre. So it was the “Chimbwi ukulila” analogy at play. Now where are the apo her amatako yashintilile? Weak pole and STUPID IDIOT.
I don’t know why we even have some stupid Zambians promoting the narrative of poverty mentality when thieves are asked to tell the investigative wings and the nation at large where they met Father Christmas and suddenly became stinkingly rich overnight. STUPID IDIOTS. If you stole and are appearing before courts, remember how we warned you. Your day in jail is knocking on your filth door. STUPID IDIOT.