MFUWE PF MP Maureen Mabonga has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that her utterances at a media briefing where various people addressed the disappearance of Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda were not seditious in nature. Mabonga has told the court that her utterances were meant to bring issues to the attention of the nation and Law Enforcement Agencies. This is in a matter where Mabonga is facing two counts of seditious practices. In count one, it is alleged that between May 25 and May 28, 2024, in Lusaka, Mabonga uttered seditious words: “Do you want us to be moving with guns? Start killing each other? Is this where we are going? Is this what we want as Zambians? Because we can...

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