ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has told the Lusaka High Court that Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali is not entitled to any reliefs sought in a case in which he is seeking damages for assault. This is a matter in which Tayali sued the State, demanding damages for aggravated assault following an incident which occurred in 2020. Tayali stated that he was physically assaulted in 2020 by an “overzealous” police officer who pointed an AK 47 rifle at his head when he accompanied President Hakainde Hichilema, as UPND president then, for questioning. But in his defence, the Attorney General denied that Tayali was assaulted by an “overzealous” police officer, saying he would be put to strict proof. “The contents of...

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