PF Information and Publicity Chairperson Emmanuel Mwamba yesterday appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and denied the charge of assaulting a police officer. Mwamba pleaded not guilty after Magistrate Trevor Kasanda read out the charge to him. After plea, magistrate Kasanda adjourned the case to November 1, 2023. Mwamba is in this matter charged with one count of Assault on a Police Officer. It is alleged that Mwamba on June 14, 2023, in Lusaka, assaulted number 14598 Detective Inspector Simwenda Steven, an officer of the Zambia Police Service in the due execution of his duty. Several PF members among them former Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji, former Mines Minister Richard Musukwa, PF secretary general Raphael Nakacinda, were before court to...

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