LUMEZI Independent member of parliament Munir Zulu has appeared before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and has pleaded not guilty to the charge of seditious practices. According to the indictment, Zulu had purported that President Hakainde Hichilema would call for early elections. “Particulars of the offence are that Zulu, on September 6, 2023, in Lusaka Province of the Republic of Zambia, did utter seditious words on social media, to which he claimed to have had reliable information that, ‘the President was going to dissolve parliament on Friday, September 8, 2023 after addressing Parliament, and that he was going to call for early elections. He further incited Zambians to prepare for campaigns after the President dissolves Parliament.’ Words intended to incite violence...