PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 2,045 inmates to commemorate Africa Freedom Day which falls on May 25. Addressing the media, Tuesday, acting Home Affairs Minister Ambrose Lufuma said among those pardoned, 2,649 were male, while 90 were female. “To commemorate Africa Freedom day which falls on 25th May every year, His Excellency, Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of the Republic of Zambia and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force has exercised his prerogative of mercy by pardoning 2,045 inmates. The pardoned inmates include; 1,969 ordinary inmates, 33 old aged, eight foreign nationals, 14 recommended for unconditional pardon and 21 who were detained during His Excellency’s Pleasure (HEP). The President has also commuted sentences for 607 inmates to various terms of imprisonment from...

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