PATRIOTS for Economic Progress (PeP) leader Sean Tembo has recounted how he contracted typhoid after being detained at Chilenje Police Post due to the poor hygiene standards in the cells. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV’s COSTA programme alongside other opposition leaders, Sunday, Tembo said lack of water at the facility made the lives of detainees hard. “With regards to the infection which I caught while I was in Chilenje police cells, I’ve reasonably recovered although not fully and I must mention that these police cells where we are being detained, the levels of hygiene are very poor. For instance, at Chilenje police station cells, you’ll find that the toilets are blocked most of the times and you find...

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