Lusaka High Court judge Mwila Chitabo has thrown out an application for recusal in a case where UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba are challenging the ConCourt’s failure to hear their presidential petition. In his ruling today, judge Chitabo said the petitioners had palpably failed to establish their indictment of bias, animosity, prejudice...

LUSAKA magistrate Greenwell Malumani has refused to quash a personation charge slapped on Nchima Nchito State Counsel advising the latter to appeal to the High Court if unsatisfied. Nchima is accused of personating as an advocate for Post Newspapers Limited. The case was commenced as a way of complaint by a former Post employee Abel...

One of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema's lawyers Kieth Mweemba has asked for protection from the court saying the safety of his family is at risk. And Vincent Malambo State Council has questioned the presence of police in the courtroom, saying he does not feel comfortable presenting his submissions in those conditions. When the matter came...

The State has applied to amend UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema’s treason charge so that it can indicate what exactly the opposition leader and his co-accused did in preparing to overthrow President Edgar Lungu. This was after defense lawyer State Counsel Vincent Malambo observed that a treason charge must contain overt acts because it is not...

Lusaka magistrate Felix Kaoma has granted Chilufya Tayali K5000 bail in his own recognizance after he pleaded not guilty to a criminal libel charge this afternoon. Last week, Tayali, 42, was arrested following his Facebook post in which he stated that Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja was covering his inadequacies by charging HH with...

Lusaka High Court judge in charge Gertrude Chawatama has dismissed Hakainde  Hichilema's application for habeas corpus saying it is the role of the trial court to establish the validity of the charges. "At this stage this court cannot pronounce itself on the validity of the charges," she ruled.  Habeas Corpus proceedings according to judge Chawatama...

Hakainde Hichilema's co-accused were tortured by police who pepper-sprayed their private parts, making excretion painful, defense lawyers have told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. And the defense lawyers have also complained about the manner in which HH was arrested saying it was inhuman. Meanwhile, the defense lawyers have asked the court to compel police to grant...

Lusaka High Court judge Sharon Newa says Precious Longwe purposefully shot her husband three times last year. And Precious maintained her composure throughout the two-hour long judgment which ultimately sentenced her to death; not shedding a single tear. Delivering judgment in a matter in which Precious was alleged to have murdered her husband Lubinda Litebele...

Precious Longwe has been sentenced to death by hanging for murdering her husband last year. Details later

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has insisted that Lusaka High Court judge Mwila Chitabo should recuse himself from presiding over his election petition for lack of impartiality. Yesterday, Attorney General Likando Kalaluka's submitted that there was no need for the judge to recuse himself because there was no basis for the application. But when the matter...