THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has dismissed an application in which Ndozo lodge proprietor Chrint Sichamba and others had accused ACC prosecutors of being aliens. The defence had argued that the ACC officers in the case were not appointed by the DPP to prosecute criminal matters. Magistrate Irene Wishimanga has, however, dismissed the application on grounds that the ACC prosecutors are eligible to prosecute the case as the appointment by the Attorney General mandates them to do so. This is the matter in which Sichamba, his wife Eudora Nambela and son, David, are facing corruption charges involving over K781 million and more than $10 million. The trio was also arrested for possession of 140 properties suspected to be proceeds of crime....

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