LUSAKA businessman Sedrick Kasanda has discontinued a matter in which he sued the state for prosecuting him after he reported a suspicious illegal gold transaction at KKIA involving some Congolese nationals, a South African and Egyptian national. This is according to a notice of discontinuance filed in the Lusaka High Court Principal Registry. “Take notice that the plaintiff herein (Kasanda) has with immediate effect withdrawn and or discontinued this matter against the defendant (Attorney General) filed before this court,” read the notice of discontinuance. Kasanda, who cited the Attorney General as the respondent, wanted an order that he was entitled to statutory protection as a whistleblower on account that the disclosure made by him to the state is a protected...