LUSAKA High Court Judge Ruth Mbambi has ordered the legal counsel of former Lumezi member of Parliament, Munir Zulu, to secure his attendance at the next appeal hearing. In August last year, Lusaka Senior Resident Magistrate Trevor Kasanda sentenced Zulu to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for sedition. However, Zulu appealed his sentence, stating that the lower court erred in law and in fact by failing to consider or impose a fine, despite Section 57(1) of the Penal Code explicitly creating the alternative option of a fine instead of imprisonment. When the matter came up for the appeal hearing, Tuesday, Zulu was not present in court. Meanwhile, Zulu’s lawyer applied for an adjournment to secure his client’s presence. “Given...