Once hailed as one of Zambia’s brightest legal minds, Bokani Soko rose quickly through the ranks—from a respectable lawyer to a central figure in the nation’s most lucrative state contracts. But behind the veil of boardroom successes and legal briefs lies a story tainted by allegations of fraud, political manipulation, and economic sabotage. Trained at...
Between 2014 and 2021, during the presidency of Edgar Lungu, Soko’s companies—like Grandview International and Neria Investments—won multiple government contracts, often without competitive bidding. These included massive fertilizer contracts, medical supply tenders, and even oil procurement deals—all worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Multiple sources within Zambia’s Ministry of Finance allege that these deals were...