Lawyers made a killing from Chiluba corruption case

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

LUSAKA: New evidence has emerged showing that both local and foreign lawyers probably did not want the Chiluba corruption case to die because they were making a killing.

The Ministry of Justice has revealed that US$13 million was the total "damage" in legal fees incurred by the disbanded task force on corruption set up by late president Levy Mwanawasa and that government has in fact not fully settled the legal fees.

It also disclosed that local lawyers are still owed US$480,000 and US$1.3 million was outstanding for foreign lawyers and gave the breakdown.

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