FORMER Ministry of Health acting principal accountant Zukas Kaoma has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that the K2 million demand by KBF and Partners for legal fees came to him with a sense of shock as they did not agree on the said sum. This is a matter in which Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya...

A DEPUTY police officer in charge of cyber crimes has testified that from his analysis, Cornelius Mulenga Tukuta is the user of a Facebook page in the names of "Chella Tukuta Photography". Prince Kalala told the court that his findings were that the said Facebook page was being operated by an MTN mobile number which...

CHOMA Central UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa has petitioned the Lusaka High Court, seeking a declaration that the Speaker's ruling that found him to have been out of order following a point of order raised by Lands Minister Jean Kapata that he attacked Vice-President Inonge Wina's persona, is null and void. Mweetwa who has...

A UPND member, Matomola Likwanya, has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly conducting himself in a disorderly manner at the University of Zambia (UNZA). Likwanya, 29, was arrested last month when he staged a lone protest against the decision by UNZA management to bar students with arrears from writing examinations, among others....

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted Capital Buses operational manager Arnold Zulu who was accused of having sexual intercourse with a fellow man against the order of nature. Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale acquitted Zulu, saying there was no evidence that there was penetration of the alleged victim’s anus by the accused person. He added...

LUAPULA Hydropower Corporation Limited has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the water permits, which are a subject before court, were signed by WARMA in-house lawyer Chapatama Ngaba. It adds that Ngaba can, therefore, not prosecute the matter as there is a conflict of interest. This is a matter in which Luapula Hydropower Corporation Limited...

Some sympathisers yesterday shielded the 62-year-old man of Kalingalinga Township who allegedly assaulted an Anglican Priest whilst he was preaching at the pulpit from cameras. In order to prevent reporters from filming or photographing him, the said supporters covered the accused person, Renard Mwale, in jerseys and wrappers while leading him away from the court...

THE State has argued that the Zambia Air Force officer accused of abusing and torturing her 11-year-old niece is a sadistic psychopath who seemingly took pleasure in the pain of a young girl who was under her care. The State has therefore asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to convict the accused person, Mildred Luwaile, saying...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it will prove that Uziel Bashire, a Tanzanian national, is not the beneficial owner of the infamous 48 houses as he does not have capacity to own land in Zambia. ACC has further submitted to the Lusaka High Court that it followed the procedure of forfeiting the properties in dispute...

A 62-YEAR-OLD man of Kalingalinga Township who allegedly assaulted an Anglican Priest whilst he was preaching at the pulpit, has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates' Court. Renard Mwale, a machine operator, has been charged with one count of assault occasioning actually bodily harm. Particulars of the offence allege that on November 22, this year,...