A MOZAMBICAN traditional healer has denied claims that he entered Zambia to harm President Hakainde Hichilema through witchcraft, telling the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the police fabricated the accusations. Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, 42, testified that he never confessed to any wrongdoing and that it was the police who insisted that he and his co-accused were witches. He also refuted claims that he was found in possession of charms, stating that he only had medicinal substances. Candunde and his co-accused, Leonard Phiri, a Zambian traditional healer from Sinda District in Eastern Province, face charges of professing knowledge of witchcraft, contrary to Section 5 of the Witchcraft Act Chapter 90 of the Laws of Zambia. They are also accused of possessing charms,...

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