THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has denied to grant Shiwang’andu PF MP Stephen Kampyongo’s wife, Wanziya Chirwa, bail pending her appeal against a three-year sentence. On September 27, 2024, Lusaka Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya convicted and sentenced Chirwa to three years simple imprisonment for being in possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime. Chirwa then made an application for bail pending her appeal against the sentence. According to the ruling, Wanziya submitted that she was likely to serve a substantial portion of her sentence before the appeal was heard. “I have considered the affidavits, arguments and authorities referred to in this matter. It is indispensable that the applicant was convicted on September 27, 2024, and was sentenced to three years...