One high-profile case is that of former Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba who is accused of improperly authorising a payment of US$33 million but it is taking a long time...
Some of the more controversial public officials of the previous regime such as Treasury Secretary Fredson Yamba and a host of other unpopular permanent secretaries are gone while respected professionals dismissed by President Edgar Lungu such as former Central Bank Governor Denny Kalyalya have been reinstated (AC Vol 61 No 17 Reconciliation and a reckoning)...
Meanwhile the Fund has scotched any suggestion of an IMF programme contradicting earlier hints by Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba that a deal was possible...
Lungu's U-turn on the matter has sidelined Kasolo in favour of Fredson Yamba the Secretary to the Treasury who will head the negotiating team...
Under the late President Michael Sata the government decided to front-load investment in infrastructure says Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba...
