THE Mwandi parliamentary election petition case has closed three days into trial after Iris Kaingu and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) opted not to testify. In the matter, losing UPND candidate Sibeso Sefulo is seeking the nullification of Kaingu’s election, citing electoral irregularities, corruption and bribery. The turn of events followed a request by Kaingu’s lawyers for a 20-minute adjournment before she could take the stand. Earlier, Mazabuka High Court Judge Willie Sinyangwe, sitting in Mongu, had to drop one of Sefulo’s witnesses, George Simulilo, 61, after Kaingu’s lawyer, Isaac Simbeye, objected to the witness’s statement because it contained events that occurred after the election and after the petition was filed. “In preparing her defence, the first respondent (Iris...