THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced three Ministry of Health workers to three years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing COVID-19 RTD kits worth over K2.8 million. Meanwhile, Magistrate Annie Holland has sentenced a driver to two years imprisonment with hard labour for the same offence. In this matter, Malama Nkata, Judith Dzekedzeke, Hilton Kasanyika and Langson Kampango, were facing two counts of theft by servant. In count one, particulars of the offence were that Nkata, Dzekedeke and Kampango, on an unknown date but between January 1, 2022, and March 30, 2023, in Lusaka, being persons employed in the Republic of Zambia under the Ministry of Health as driver, bio med, lab tec and station handman, respectively, at...

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