FORMER Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba, former Ministry of Higher Education Permanent Secretary Owen Mugemezulu and four others have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Courts on five charges of failure to comply with laid down procedure. The charges are in relation to the infamous FTJ Chiluba University, under the Ministry of Higher Education. Yamba...

FORMER tourism minister Ronald Chitotela has been discharged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Court in a case he was recently arrested for, of possessing property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Chitotela has been discharged on account of the consent settlement that he entered into with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Chitotela had previously...

LUSAKA High Court judge Wilfred Muma has sentenced former Family Health Trust executive director Benny Zulu to death by hanging for murdering 19-year-old Natasha Mkandawire in 2019. Zulu shot dead Natasha whom he had picked from her parents' home in Ngwerere area in Lusaka, before dumping her body in the bush in Mpandika area, Chief...

THE State has opposed former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo's application to transfer to the Constitutional Court a case in which he and his wife, Nancy, are charged with corrupt acquisition of public property, possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime, among other offences. This was after Lusambo, through his lawyer, raised a...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has committed Lusaka lawyer McQueen Zaza and two others to the High Court for trial in a case in which they are charged with one count of attempts at extortion. In this matter, it is alleged Zaza; Bwalya Chilufya, a police officer; and Richard Phiri, a Zambia Revenue Authority officer, jointly...

LUSAKA lawyer Martha Mushipe has asked the Lusaka High Court for permission to enter judgement in default of appearance and defence against the State in a case in which she is demanding compensation of K 1.5 million for pain and suffering caused by her alleged false imprisonment that occurred in 2016. In this matter, Mushipe...

JUDGE Joshua Banda has sued the State in the Constitutional Court, seeking an interim order to stay the President's decision to remove him from the office of Judge of the High Court. He wants a declaration that the jurisdiction of JCC to hear complaints against judges does not extend to matters that happened prior to...

FORMER Tourism Minister Ronald Chitotela is seeking permission in the Lusaka High Court to commence contempt of court proceedings against the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and some of its officers for u-turning on the earlier settlement agreement. Chitotela argues that the conduct of the commission is intentional because it is well aware of the undertaking it...

PF acting president Given Lubinda has joined other party officials in asking the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to refer his case to the Constitutional Court for determination on whether or not formation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Court was in conformity with the Constitution. Lubinda appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court on Tuesday on four...

ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has told the Constitutional Court that Solicitor General Marshal Muchende guided the team which was negotiating with Milingo Lungu not to accept the issue of immunity sought by the former provisional liquidator, but to possibly engage the DPP and DEC for a plea bargain anchored on asset recovery. And Kabesha has...