Zambian International Minister, Stanley Kakubo has resigned after he was allegedly caught on video receiving money bribes from Chinese language contractors.
Within the 2022 video, the minister had promised to promote wealthy mineral mines to Chinese language businessmen. However he reportedly did not dwell as much as the phrases earlier than the video surfaced on-line.
The minister stated he resigned as a result of he didn’t need his controversy to distract President Hakainde Hichilema’s administration, Lusaka Instances stories.
Mr Kakubo, nevertheless, vowed, “In the end, we’ll present the correct context surrounding the latest developments.”
The president promptly accepted his resignation whereas appreciating his commendable contributions and management as a minister.
The viral video reveals two males sitting by a desk counting the neatly stacked money, each US {dollars} and Zambian kwacha. Their faces aren’t seen, but it surely led to a frenzy of hypothesis on social media that the boys had been Mr Kakubo and a Chinese language businessman.
That is the second time that Mr Kakubo has discovered himself on the centre of controversy.
Final yr, he was accused of receiving a bribe after he was noticed leaving the workplace of a Chinese language-owned cement firm with a briefcase.
He denied any wrongdoing, whereas the president defended him, saying he had acquired a calendar and a diary.