ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission (ACC) investigations officer Chipambe Manda yesterday shocked the Lusaka Magistrate's Court when he admitted that the total value of assets that Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya is accused of acquiring through proceeds of crime, is less than his known legitimate income. Manda testified that the total value of assets that the minister stands...

NATIONAL Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has sued Intelligent Mobility Solutions Limited (IMS) in the Lusaka High Court, claiming payment of K141,000 in respect of penalty arrears, for allegedly remitting monthly contributions late. NAPSA is claiming payment of K141,760.07 in respect of penalty arrears as a result of none or late contribution of penalty arrears. It...

CHAPTER One Foundation Limited has petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking an order mandating the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to carry out continuous voter registration between elections. It has argued that ECZ has violated the Constitution by deciding to conduct voter registration for the 2021 elections over a period of 30 days only. Chapter One...

AN Investigations officer at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has testified before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s total earnings for the period 2013 to February, 2020, from the National Assembly, PMEC and Henry Courtyard Limited were over K22 million. Chipampe Manda, 34, explained that from the National Assembly, Dr Chilufya earned...

LUSAKA Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has convicted and sentenced a 39-year-old driver of Kalingalinga Township to two years imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting Justice Minister Given Lubinda when he toured Kabwata Market last year. In his judgment, magistrate Mwale said the prosecution team had proved the assault case against Martin Mambwe beyond reasonable...

A witness has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili was not in any way involved in the incorporation of Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services. James Nyasulu, 62, told the Lusaka Magistrate's Court that he is the one who lodged the registration documents of Mwamona Engineering at PACRA on August 23, 2001...

LAWYERS representing Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya in a case where he is charged with being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime yesterday asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to discharge the accused if the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is not ready to prosecute him. But Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale has...

THE Kitwe High Court has refused to grant Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) an order of interim relief, pending arbitration, in which it sought to stop Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) from restricting power supply to the mining company over the US $132 million debt owed to the power utility. Kitwe High Court Judge Evaristo Pengele has...

LUSAKA Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba has insisted that he enjoys judicial immunity from lawsuits arising from his exercise of judicial functions. In this matter, NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili and his lawyers Cheelo Mwiinga and Christopher Mundia have sued Magistrate Simusamba in the Lusaka High Court for defamation for alleging that they attempted to bribe...

FORMER Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Deputy Commander Major General Kapotwe Chintu's widow has been dragged to court for allegedly getting over K700,000 benefits and depriving other beneficiaries of their entitlement. Meanwhile, the deceased's sister has testified before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the accused, Evalista Kafula, allegedly went behind the family's back and withdrew money...