THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court Division, has refused 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 proceeds of crime. Chirwa then applied for bail pending her appeal in the Subordinate Court but was denied. She later renewed her application for bail in the Lusaka High Court. However, ACC Legal and Prosecutions Officer Namwezi Chizalila urged the court not to grant Chirwa bail, stating that she had not disclosed exceptional circumstances to warrant the court granting her bail. According to a ruling delivered by High Court...