Ex-ministry of mines official, Simfukwe, jailed 4 years for theft of govt property

The Chipata Subordinate Court has convicted and sentenced a former Executive Officer at the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Affairs Development to four years imprisonment with hard labour for Theft by Public Servant involving K100,000.

In presiding over the matter, Resident Magistrate, Betty Mwiinga, sentenced Solomon Simfukwe to 48 months imprisonment with hard labour on one count of Theft by Public Servant.

According to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) acting Corporate Communications Manager, Dr. Dorothy Mzumara, the sentence is with effect from the date of conviction and Magistrate Mwiinga further, ordered Simfukwe to pay K100,000 as damages to the state.

Mzumara in a statement issued in Lusaka on Tuesday said in 2016, the Commission arrested and charged Solomon Simfukwe with one count of Theft by Public Servant contrary to the laws of Zambia.

“Details are that on various dates between 1st January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012, Simfukwe, in Chipata District, being a person employed in the public service as an Executive Officer at the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Affairs Development, did steal four steel containers altogether valued at K100,000.00 the property of the Republic of Zambia,” he said.

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