Calls for the arrest of the suspended Livingstone City mayor Milford Maambo who has allegedly acquired 18 plots in dubious circumstances has increased.
The International Institute of Democracy and Conflict Resolution (IIDCR) has charged
IIDCR president Tresford Chomba says an internal council investigation can’t be trusted as there were more chances of the official walking scott free.
Chomba says there was need for stern actions against people who had continued to engage in dubious acts of illegally acquiring land if the fight against the scourge was to yield any positive results.
Livingstone City Council Maambo has allegedly acquired albeit illegally 18 plots.
Chomba fears nothing will be achieved by using the same corrupt council officers who may have been involved in the issue to investigate the mayor.
He says there was need for Maambo to be arrested immediately so that he could exculpate himself on how he managed to acquire the 18 plots while others were complaining of lack of land in the tourist capital.
“We call for the immediate arrest of Livingstone mayor Milford Maambo so that he can exculpate himself in the courts of law. Setting up a committee of council officials to probe him will not give us the desired results because there is a high probability that he may have acquired the same plots with the help of the same people who will be looking into his case and that means there will be no impartiality over the matter,” Chomba said.
He said there was need for Government to set up a committee that would carry out land assessment throughout the country by auditing all district councils adding that the propensity by most public service workers, especially those working for the councils to acquire wealth using crooked methods was so high.
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