A 24-YEAR-OLD Kitwe man has pleaded not guilty to using insulting language against President Hakainde Hichilema. Fletcher Mwansa, a security guard from Chimwemwe, is on dates unknown but between October 12, 2023 and October 17, 2023, in Lusaka, alleged to have said; “I think HH banoko balibalile ici**ngu elyo wafyalwa pafiko tom****ko”, words which could have caused a break in public peace. When the matter came up for allocation before Chief Resident Magistrate Davies Chibwili, Tuesday, he allocated it to Magistrate Trevor Kasanda. When the matter came up for plea before Magistrate Kasanda, he observed that Mwansa had been charged with two counts, one of using insulting language and the other of hate speech, but with the same facts. The...

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