LUSAKA High Judge Lameck Mwale, who sat as magistrate, has set October 13, 2023, as the date for judgment in the case in which PF member Chishimba Kambwili is charged with defamation of the president. In this matter, Kambwili was accused of defaming then president Edgar Lungu between August 26 and 27, 2019. Kambwili is alleged to have said, “Noti ishi imbwa shabantu yaleikala fye Ku Chawama elo yamona ste ati ntandale icalo, eko baita fye kuya. Kuti washo umutengo wabunga balelwa 150 waya? Kumona fye abantu abika, kuti wabula Kampyongo, ati Minister of Home Affairs? Kuti chaba chalo? Ba Kaizer Zulu. Okay bane” Meaning, not these people who are like dogs who used to stay in Chawama. When it...

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