THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court says it will hear former Kabushi PF MP Bowman Lusambo’s renewed application for bail pending appeal on January 8, 2025. On November 8, 2024, the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court sentenced Lusambo to four years imprisonment with hard labour on corruption charges. Lusaka Magistrate Faides Hamaundu also fined him K27,000 for tax evasion. Dissatisfied with the sentence, Lusambo appealed against it in the Lusaka High Court and applied to be admitted to bail. However, on December 9, 2024, Magistrate Hamaundu refused to grant Lusambo bail pending his appeal. Lusambo then renewed his application in the Economic and Financial Crimes Court, High Court Division. In his affidavit in support of renewed summons for admission to bail pending...