I was fired over UPND links, says ex-ERB CEO

CHOMBA MUSIKA
Lusaka
FORMER Energy Regulation Board (ERB) chief executive officer Butler Sitali has told a magistrate that his contract was terminated on allegations that he was a United Party for National Development (UPND) sympathiser.
Mr Sitali, a lawyer, said this when opening his defence in a case he is accused of engaging in corruption by offering bribes in September 2014 to an office assistant at ERB.
It is alleged that the 61-yearold separately offered K500 and K100 cash gratification to Emmanuel Mengo.
The money was allegedly a reward for having obtained minutes of an ERB meeting and the second for offering and giving the same officer K500 as reward for having obtained the minutes without ERB’s authority.