CHRISTIAN Democratic Party president Dan Pule has informed the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he will call 32 witnesses to aid his defence in a matter where he is charged with seditious practices. On Monday, Lusaka Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya found Pule with a case to answer. Earlier, Pule had pleaded not guilty to the offence, and trial subsequently commenced. Magistrate Munyinya ruled that a prima facie case had been established to justify the accused being called upon to make his defence. “It is clear that a prima facie case is made out where the prosecution adduces evidence establishing an essential ingredient or ingredients of the offence and the evidence is implicating the accused one way or the other in such a...




