SEVERAL UPND members have sued the State in the Lusaka High Court, demanding K453,243 each as damages for false imprisonment as well as K438,200 each for malicious prosecution. In a statement of claim filed recently, Lubinda Simonda and nine others, who have sued the Attorney General, stated that they were arrested on December 15, 2016,...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has reserved a ruling to May 24, 2022, in a case in which former presidential press aide Amos Chanda wants the court to summon acting Anti-Corruption Commission director general Silumesi Muchula to testify. Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Dominic Makalicha reserved ruling after the parties in the matter made their submissions. This...

AZADI Investment Limited has sued former Tourism minister Ronald Chitotela in the Lusaka High Court, demanding payment of K6.5 million, being the balance for the construction of his house worth over K9.6 million in Chongwe. The company is demanding an order for payment of K6,500,000 and the corresponding VAT owed to the company, interest, and...

AN IT specialist and a retired banker have sued former Konkola Copper Mines provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu and his law firm for allegedly neglecting to handle their matter, leading to the said case being dismissed for lack of prosecution. Mulenga and Chabala Nsomi, who have cited Lungu and Lungu Simwanza and Company as defendants, want...

FORMER Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo has denied attempting to interfere with witnesses. Meanwhile, Lusaka magistrate Nthandose Chabala has granted Lusambo K20,000 cash bail, and further ordered him to provide two working sureties bound in the sum of K20,000, but in their own recognisance. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recently charged and arrested Lusambo for allegedly...

FORMER tourism minister Ronald Chitotela has raised a preliminary issue, asking the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to dismiss the matter he was recently arrested for, arguing that he cannot be tried when there is a settlement agreement he signed with the Anti Corruption Commission. And Lusaka magistrate Jennipher Bwalya has granted the Pambashe PF member of...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has cautioned parties in a case in which Amos Chanda and two others are charged with using insulting language and obstructing Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) officers to desist from intimidating witnesses. This was after lawyers representing Chanda and his co-accused complained to the court that some defence witnesses were allegedly intimidated by...

BANK of Zambia assistant communications director Besnart Mwanza has told the Lusaka Magistrates' Court that no bank was purchased by a councillor as was alleged by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) at its press briefing last year. She has told the court that as far as the Bank of Zambia record indicated, there was no councillor...

THE Lusaka High Court has refused to grant Given Lubinda Foundation Limited an interim injunction to restrain Kamwala UPND ward councilor Mainda Simataa from interfering with its peaceful and quiet enjoyment of a property in Kamwala South. The court dismissed the application on grounds that it lacks merit. This is a matter in which Given...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has charged and arrested former Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo for allegedly attempting to interfere with three witnesses. In a statement, Tuesday, ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe said Lusambo, on dates unknown but between February 7 and April 7, 2022, in order to obstruct the due course of justice, endeavored to prevent...