Lusaka - Zambia's graft task force will be disbanded and incorporated into the country's Anti-Corruption Commission, two months after it failed to secure the corruption conviction of ex-president Fredrick Chiluba.
Vice-President George Kunda told Parliament late on Thursday the ACC would become the main graft-fighting body in the country which pledged to root out corruption after years of plunder under Chiluba's watch.
"The task force on corruption shall be transformed into a department of the anti-corruption commission with immediate effect," Kunda said.
"Under this policy, the anti-corruption commission shall be the lead institution in the fight against corruption."
All cases handled by the task force will be handed over to the ACC.
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The special task force was an investigative wing established by late president Levy Mwanawasa in July 2002 who died of a stroke in 2008 to probe corruption during Chilaba's rule from 1991 to 2001.
In August, Chiluba was acquitted on charges of misappropriating $500 000 (about R3-million) in public resources as he developed a taste for tailor-made shoes and suits.
The executive chairman of the task force Max Nkole was sacked a week after the acquittal. - Sapa-AFP
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