THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced former Kasama MP Kelvin Sampa to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour in a matter in which he was accused of theft and forgery. Lusaka Acting Chief Resident Magistrate Irene Wishimanga has also acquitted Sampa on one count of theft by agent amounting to $70,000 in cash belonging to investor Kunihiro Fugishima, stating that the prosecution failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt. In the first count, it was alleged that between July 27, 2024 and September 30, 2024, Sampa, jointly and while acting with other persons unknown, being a person entrusted with US$70,000 cash by Kunihiro Fugishima to buy gold on his behalf, stole the said money, property of Kunihiro. It was...
