“His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, President of the Republic of Zambia, has appointed Mrs. Rosewin Wandi as Director-General of the Anti-Corruption Commission,” a statement issued by a presidential aide said.

Sata threw a spotlight this week on a number of deals executed under the previous administration, which was criticized for taking a relatively lax line on graft.

As well as investigating state fuel tenders, Sata said he would look at last year’s sale of state-owned fixed line operator Zamtel to Libya’s LAP Green Networks for $257 million — a deal that Sata questioned from the start.