THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a 25-year-old cyber consultant to five years imprisonment with hard labour for inciting the men and women in uniform to disobey lawful authority. Brighton Mwanza, who is also a rabbit farmer of Balastone, was facing one count of inciting to mutiny Contrary to Section 48 of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia. Particulars of the offence alleged that Mwanza, on July 30, 2023, in Lusaka, did incite men and women in uniform serving in the Defence Force to commit an act of mutiny by writing on his Twitter page in the names Brighton Knox Mwanza @brighton-zm to which he said, “African countries are slowly liberating themselves; Chad, Burkina...

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