LUSAKA-based Senior Resident Magistrate Trevor Kasanda has acquitted Livingstone Mayor Constance Muleabai, 49, of two counts of corrupt practices involving K180,000. The court ruled that while the State proved the mayor corruptly obtained K180,000, it failed to prove the funds were received from Mark Gabites as per the indictment, but rather from Peter Perry through Monde Sumbwa. Meanwhile, Sesheke member of parliament Romeo Kang’ombe says it is only normal for a politician to be accused of things they have never done. Appearing before Magistrate Kasanda, Muleabai, of house number 564 Nakatindi Extension, was charged with two counts of corrupt practices with a private body, contrary to Section 20 (1) as read with Section 41 (a) of the Anti-Corruption Act No....

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