LUSAKA Acting Chief Resident Magistrate Irene Wishimanga has denied former Foreign Affairs minister Joe Malanji bail pending appeal, ruling that the grounds of appeal do not show a likelihood of success. In September last year, Malanji appealed the four-year sentence handed down by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Malanji also applied for bail pending appeal, indicating that the learned trial magistrate erred in law when she heard and determined the matter without having the jurisdiction to do so. Delivering the ruling in chambers, Magistrate Wishimanga rejected Malanji’s argument that he would serve a substantial portion of his sentence before the appeal was heard, stating that the four-year term was...