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      DIRECTOR of Public Prosecution Gilbert Phiri has attributed delays in prosecuting cases to investigations. Phiri explains that some complicated cases like treason take time due to investigations, citing the 1985 Shamwana case which he said took 11 months to commence. A number of stakeholders including the church and international bodies have called for the speedy trial of NRPUP presidential candidate.......
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      IT is encouraging to learn that government, through the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, is targeting about one million hectares of land for forestry plantations along the TAZARA Corridor. The idea has an economic logic: plantations can create cargo for the railway, feed wood-processing industries, generate jobs and involve local growers through out-grower schemes. But in our view, Zambia should look beyond the TAZARA Corridor and turn this into a much bigger national reforestation programme. The objective should not be only to create cargo for trains. It should be to recover forests that Zambia.......
    • DPP explains delays in prosecuting cases, “investigations take time”
      DIRECTOR of Public Prosecution Gilbert Phiri has attributed delays in prosecuting cases to investigations. Phiri explains that some complicated cases like treason take time due to investigations, citing the 1985 Shamwana case which he said took 11 months to commence. A number of stakeholders including the church and international bodies have called for the speedy trial of NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile, his running mate Makebi Zulu and 16 others who were arrested and charged with treason in August. The team has been in detention since their arrest. Speaking when he officiated a graduation ceremony.......
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