Lodge Manager Gets 2 Years For Fraud

CHOMBA MUSIKA, Choma
THE Choma Magistrate’s Court has slapped a two-year jail sentence with hard labour on a 43-year-old manager of Mahogany Bush Lodges in Choma for falsifying a receipt.
In this case, Zepher Munyumbwe of Richland Lodge, is facing two counts of fraudulent false accounting and theft.
Munyumbwe on December 10 last year in Choma, falsified receipt number 0109 purporting to show that the lodge had received  K230 for accommodation, when in fact not.
In the second count, it is alleged that on the same date, Munyumbwe, using a Richland Lodges receipt number 0109, stole K22,416 cash belonging to Richland Lodges.
Munyumbwe appeared before magistrate Mbololwa Mukela last Wednesday for written facts in respect of count one.
And facts are that on December 10 last year, Munyumbwe, who was a manager at Richland Lodges, attended to Choma Municipal who wanted to hold a briefing at the lodge over the recent presidential election.
Munyumbwe raised receipt number 0109 in the amount of K22,416 which was given to CMC but raised a receipt of K230 on the duplicate bearing the same receipt number 0109.
Richland Lodge management noticed the anomaly and reported the matter to Choma Central police, who instituted investigations that led to the arrest of Munyumbwe.
In mitigation, Munyumbwe asked the court to be lenient on him because he has eight children to look after.
Passing the sentence, Ms Mukela said Munyumbwe and other employees should learn to be honest when entrusted with leadership by their employers.
Trial commences on April 28 in respect of count two.