THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted PF member Chishimba Kambwili in a case in which he was 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 was 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 saw ste decides (sic) to move all over the world. Whenever it...

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