THE state has agreed to award 17 UPND members K600,000 each as damages for false imprisonment through a consent judgement. The state will also pay the plaintiffs K800,000 in legal fees. In June last year, 17 UPND members sued the State in the Lusaka High Court, demanding K12,750,000 as compensation for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The 17, who cited the Attorney General as the respondent, were further seeking compensation for legal fees in the sum of K550,000.00, as well as compensation for loss of business in the sum of K490,161.00. They also wanted general damages for physical assault occasioned by the defendant’s agents, among other claims. Manyando Manyando and 16 others submitted that they were arrested in 2015 and...