THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has dismissed an application to dismiss a matter in which PeP leader Sean Tembo filed a complaint against UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda for hate speech. Imenda is charged with hate speech under Section 65 of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act No. 2 of 2021 of the Laws of Zambia. The charge stems from an audio circulated from a press briefing at the UPND Secretariat in Lusaka on May 28, 2023, where Imenda referred to Archbishop Alick Banda as “the lucifer of Zambia.” During the hearing before Magistrate Chanda, the State moved to have the case dismissed, arguing that it fell outside the court’s jurisdiction. However, Magistrate Chanda ruled that the case was within...