Four witnesses have testified in a matter where NDC consultant Chishimba Kambwili is facing charges of forgery and uttering false documents in the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court, among them his young sister, Sampa.

Sampa Kambwili, 35, a teacher, testified that she was approached by her sister-in-law Carol so that they could form a company in which she could become one of the directors.

And former mining engineer Jacob Mwanza testified that Kambwili used to run Mwamona Engineering Company on behalf of his family when the two directors, Carol and Mwamba, were in New York, USA.

Meanwhile, a driver at the Ministry of Youth and Sports Andrew Sampa, 49, testified that when he used to work with Kambwili in 2013, he was sent to deliver an envelope to the Registrar at PACRA.

In this matter, Kambwili is alleged to have forged a ‘no change return’ form with intent to deceive PACRA by purporting to show that it was genuinely issued by Mwamba when in fact not.

In the second count, he is alleged to have fraudulently uttered the said document to PACRA.

And in the third count, Kambwili is accused of giving the false document to a Registrar at PACRA, which caused the said public officer to do something, which he ought not to have done.

When the matter came up before Lusaka Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba, Thursday, Kambwili’s sister testified that her sister-in-law approached her so that they could form a company to deal with mining.

“At one point, my sister-in-law approached me in Luanshya and proposed that we form a company to do with the mines,” Sampa said.

She testified that after she agreed to the proposal, her sister-in-law then asked for her National Registration Card (NRC), which she handed over to her.

Sampa further testified that her sister-in-law proposed that the two of them, together with Kambwili’s son, Mwamba, would be directors of the company.

She said her sister-in-law then got her NRC and travelled back to Lusaka to register the company.

“When she came back to the Copperbelt, she gave me back my NRC and said that only the two (Carol Kambwili and Mwamba) will remain as directors of the company,” she said.

Asked how old Mwamba was during the registering of the company, Sampa said he was still a minor.

And in cross-examination, defence lawyer Keith Mweemba asked whether Kambwili had anything to do with the registration of Mwamona, which she responded in the negative.

And former mining engineer Jacob Mwanza testified that Kambwili used to run Mwamona Engineering Company on behalf of his family when the two directors, Carol and Mwamba, were in New York.

“When the two directors were in New York, because that’s where the wife is, Kambwili was running the company on behalf of the family,” Mwanza said.

Meanwhile, a driver at the Ministry of Youth and Sports Andrew Sampa, 49, testified that when he used to work with Kambwili in 2013, he was sent to deliver an envelope to the Registrar at PACRA.

“I used to work with Kambwili in 2013 for three to four years. I was sent to deliver an envelope to the Registrar at PACRA. I didn’t know what was in the envelope. I went back and reported to Kambwili that I had delivered the envelop at PACRA,” Andrew narrated.

And an assistant Registrar under the department of Passports and Citizenship Patricia Phiri testified that Mwamba Kambwili, at the time of procuring his NRC in 2013, had qualified and was of age.

The matter has since been adjourned to August 15 and 17, 2018.