THE Kasama Magistrates’ Court has fined 3 Zambian businessmen K 2,500 each or six months simple imprisonment in default for aiding and abetting 10 Ethiopian illegal immigrants by facilitating their illegal movements from Tanzania to Kasama. In a statement, Monday, Department of Immigration public relations officer Namati Nshinka said the trio and the 10 Ethiopians were nabbed on August 14 in Mungwi District after a tip-off from the community. “The Kasama Regional Immigration Office has secured convictions of three (3) Zambian Businessmen for knowingly aiding and abetting ten (10) Ethiopian illegal immigrants by facilitating their illegal movements from Tanzania to Kasama contrary to section 46(1) (a) of the Immigration and Deportation Act No. 18 of 2010 of the Laws of...

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