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Former presidents probed over BCL closure

Friday, March 21, 2025 | 1140 Views |

President Duma Boko has exercised his presidential powers to assemble a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the 2016 closure of the BCL Ltd Group of Companies.

During a press conference yesterday Boko also announced the start of a forensic audit into wider government spending covering the period between 2014 to 2024.

In announcing the BCL Commission, Boko said the probe would, amongst other things, establish the roles of former presidents if they had influenced anyone in the public sector in relation to the winding up of the BCL Group companies, liquidation processes related to the BCL companies and/ or the affairs of the BCL.

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