THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced Chishimba Kambwili to a one-year suspended sentence after finding him guilty of unlawful assembly. This means Kambwili will not serve the one-year prison sentence unless he commits a similar offence during the one-year period. In this matter, Kambwili was jointly charged with Charles Kakula and was facing one count of unlawful assembly and riot, while the latter was also facing an additional charge of expressing or showing hatred, ridicule or contempt for persons because of race. However, in May 2024, the State discharged Kakula from the charges in the matter. Allegations were that on January 26, 2023, in Lusaka, Kambwili, jointly and whilst acting together with other unknown persons, unlawfully assembled with intent to...