POLICE in Lusaka have arrested and charged Chief Mukuni’s wife, Veronica Mwanakasale Mukuni with the offence of abduction. She has been jointly charged with four UPND officials who were arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of Pheluna Hatembo and Milton Hatembo who are witnesses in a case where UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is alleged to have fraudulently acquired a farm in Kalomo. Chief Mukuni’s wife was apprehended and detained in Livingstone by police on Monday and later ferried to Woodland Police Station in Lusaka where she was interrogated. In a statement, Tuesday, Zambia Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo disclosed that Chief Mukuni’s wife had been jointly charged with Fines Malama, Ackson Sejani, Javen Simoloka and Vincent Liland. “Police have charged...

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