THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced incarcerated PF Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda to six months’ imprisonment with hard labour for expressing hatred, ridicule or contempt for persons because of tribe and place of origin. Magistrate Idah Phiri ruled that the sentence will run concurrently with an existing 18-month jail term Nakacinda is currently serving for defaming President Hakainde Hichilema. In this matter, it is alleged that Nakacinda, on unknown dates but between April 18, 2022 and April 22, 2022, in Lusaka, did utter words which translated as: ‘You know what you did you Zambians is very bad. You went to pick the worst and completely ignorant of a Tonga from Bweengwa and then went to dump in State House,’ thereby...




