THE Lusaka High Court has set December for judgment, in the appeal by former Mfuwe PF member of parliament Maureen Mabonga, against her eight-month imprisonment for seditious practices. In this matter, Senior Resident Magistrate Trevor Kasanda sentenced Mabonga to eight months simple imprisonment and fined her K1,600 for sedition. The magistrate, however, acquitted the law maker on count two of seditious practices, stating that the uttered words were not seditious. Mabonga, however, was granted a K50,000 cash bail pending appeal, with two working sureties required to pay K20,000 each. Mabonga was charged with two counts of seditious practices. In count one, Mabonga was alleged to have on a date unknown but between May 25 and May 28, 2024, in Lusaka,...

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