FORMER deputy Inspector General of Police Charity Katanga’s uncle has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he lent his niece K470,000 and K1.3 million in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Joseph Phiri, 54, a Kabwe-based businessman, told the court that he ran two businesses, specialised in construction works and milling. Another defence witness in charge of Katanga’s buses testified that after PF lost elections in 2021, offices for Chibeka Express Limited at Intercity Bus Terminus were gutted by suspected UPND cadres as they were perceived to be PF sympathisers. This is the matter in which Katanga is charged with possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Particulars of the offence allege that Charity Masambo Katanga, on dates unknown but...