PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has with immediate effect removed Judge Wilfred Muma from the High court. Judge Muma is currently facing charges of wilful failure to comply with the law and abuse of authority of office. In the said matter, it is alleged in count one that justice Muma between April 1, and December 31, 2018, while he was commissioner of lands, wilfully failed to comply with the law namely; section 84 of the Lands and Deeds Registry Act in the manner he instructed his subordinates to cancel certificate of title No.21818 relating to public property, without following the law and applicable procedure. In the second count, justice Muma is alleged to have abused his authority of office by requesting the...

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