After needless drama, Martha Chizuma was duly confirmed as the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director-General and boy, does she have a lot on her plate!
Even though apart from the inimitable Gustave Kaliwo Esq, no one has excelled in that post, expectations are sky-high.
Chizuma: Honeymoon is over for corrupt criminals.
Her predecessors came brandishing CVs that dazzled. With Kaliwo’s notable exception, those CVs proved to have disappointingly little or non-existent value vis-à-vis:
• Withstanding political pressure,
• Exhibiting Kaliwo-like courage when pursuing ‘Che-Jumos’ and
• In generally making the corrupt uncomfortable.
Here on Talking Blues, we wish Madam Chizuma well in her challenging but achievable task ahead.