The president also sacked Zampost postmaster general, whose company was tasked to make payments to household beneficiaries. By MICHAEL CHAWEMore by this AuthorLUSAKA,Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Wednesday sacked Community Development minister Emerine Kabanshi, whose portfolio manages a social cash transfer scheme embroiled in fraud allegations. The president also sacked the Zampost postmaster peneral, whose company was tasked to make payments to household beneficiaries. British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet posted on Twitter that: "#UKAid takes a zero-tolerance approach to fraud and corruption." The graft concerns were published by London-based Journal Africa Confidential.

Source: Daily Nation September 19, 2018 16:30 UTC