FORMER president Edgar Lungu yesterday told his wife, Esther, that if she were to become hysterical like a hyena, the difference between her and them would not be noticed. Meanwhile, Lusaka Magistrate Mbuywana Sinvula has directed Esther’s lawyers to commence contempt and perjury proceedings against a state witness on stand, Elizabeth Phiri. And the court heard in an audio recording that Phiri received K2 million from Lungu’s niece Catherine Banda. Speaking shortly after the matter was adjourned, Esther wondered why police were sent to their home while they were at court. Esther was reacting to some information which DEC later refuted that a combined team of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officers and Drug Enforcement Commission officers had raided their house. “We...

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