Former post master general
MacPherson Chanda and two other have been sentenced to two years imprisonment for 13 counts of theft by public servant by the Ndola magistrate court.
Chanda,former finance director best Mwaiche and Isaac Kamwimba where sentenced today by a Ndola magistrate court
The court has given the three an option of fine amounting to K350 million.
Chanda and the two others have been found guity in the 13 counts of theft by public servant involving over K300 million.
The three, in their capacities as postmaster general, director of finance and director of operations, respectively, unlawfully diverted social cash transfer (SCT) funds amounting to K335,108,834 without authority.
The case was before the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, magistrate Kaunda Sakwanda.