THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court yesterday heard how seven Mukula containers seized by the state were claimed by Petauke Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Banda. Misheck Yengwe, 42, a ZNS Military Policeman, testified that Banda identified the containers as his in June 2021 after the court ordered the state to hand them over to the owners. This is in a matter where ACK General Dealers proprietor Ackson Tembo is facing one count of theft Contrary to Section 272 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence allege that Tembo, between September 6, 2021 and September 30, 2021, in Lusaka, did steal 10 Mukula containers all valued at K6,060,000, the property of Berto Bacara Pascoal. When...

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