How corruption-free was Mwanawasa's rule?

NDOLA: The late Local Government and Housing Minister Ben Tetamashimba startled the nation early this year with claims that there was rampant corruption during the reign of Zambia's third president, the late Levy Patrick Mwanawasa.

To many people in the region and beyond, Mwanawasa had come to rid Zambia of corrupt practices especially those perceived to have happened during the reign of his predecessor Frederick Chiluba; so the nation was shaken by the statement from outspoken Tetamashimba.

The controversial minister even went to the extent of saying that he did not regret having issued the statement that there was corruption in Mwanawasa's government.

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