A MEMBER the UPND has filed a lawsuit against the State in the Lusaka High Court, seeking damages for false imprisonment and special damages totaling over K2 million. Chola Simwawa is seeking compensation for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution amounting to K1 million due to what he claims was a trumped-up charge of attempted murder. Additionally, he is demanding special damages of K1,080,000 for mental anguish, turmoil, and distress caused by the alleged malicious prosecution. In a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court Principal Registry through Mesdames Mushipe & Associates, Simwawa detailed the events leading to his legal action. He stated that in November 2019, he received a call informing him of an attack on the Kaoma...