Zambias anti-korruptionschef fyret

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Zambia’s newly-elected President Michael Sata has dismissed the head of the country’s anti-corruption watchdog, BBC online reports Saturday.

A presidential statement said Godfrey Kayukwa would be replaced by Rosewin Wandi.

Mr Kayukwa is considered to be a close aide to former President Rupiah Banda, who lost last month’s tightly-contested elections to Mr Sata.

During the campaign, Mr Sata pledged to stem out corruption among government officials.

And during the swearing-in ceremony last week he said: “Corruption has been a scourge (svøbe) in this country and there is a wide link between corruption and poverty.”

The previous government was criticised for not being tough on tackling graft (svindel/bestikkelse).