Zambia Priest Titus Malama Sande Charged Over K1.5 Million in Assets

A Zambian Catholic priest has been charged in a case involving bonds and vehicles valued at about 1.5 million kwacha. The Anti-Corruption Commission says Titus Malama Sande, 45, of the Lusaka Archdiocese, faces four counts connected to the alleged possession and concealment of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. According to the commission, two counts concern bonds worth 538,000 kwacha, allegedly held at a bank. The other charges involve a Toyota Hilux and a Toyota Dyna light truck, with a combined estimated value of one million kwacha. Investigators allege the vehicles were registered in Sande’s name, although they had been acquired by Veronica Chisanga Kabwe. The alleged conduct is said to have taken place in Lusaka District between January 2020 and December 2025, alongside people who have not been identified. The charges are brought under Zambia’s Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act. They are allegations, and the report does not say that a court has determined the case. Sande has been released on bond and is expected to appear in court, the report says. The case is linked to the recent arrest of Kabwe, a former executive officer in the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services, and Chimangeni Banda, a senior news editor at the Zambia News and Information Service. They were arrested in a separate matter involving property valued at 5.6 million kwacha, according to the article. The Anti-Corruption Commission urged the public to avoid corruption and report suspected cases. For Sande, the allegations place a member of the clergy at the centre of a high-value investigation, while the legal process is still to run its course.