The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday honoured detective sergeant Ruth Nyambe for refusing a bribe from a suspect intercepted at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
The suspect, who was travelling from Lusaka to a known destination carrying US$2 million and pieces of suspected gold, initially offered Ms Nyambe US$5,000, later increasing the amount to US$50,000 in exchange for being set free.
She rejected the bribe, reported the matter to the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), and the case proceeded to court.
ACC director general Daphne Chabu congratulated Ms Nyambe for her integrity and commitment to duty.
Also honoured was Hendrix Mwinga, a technical plant health inspector under the Ministry of Agriculture’s Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary Department (PQPS).
Mr Mwinga refused a K160,000 bribe from a milling company that attempted to move three truckloads of imported wheat grain from South Africa across the Kazungula border.
The wheat was found to contain excessive extraneous material, rendering it non-compliant.
Mr Mwinga reported the matter to PQPS management, which upheld the decision to send the commodity back to its country of origin.
The two officers were recognised yesterday during the 2025 Integrity Committee Chief Executive Officers’ Forum.
-ZDM