THE Zambia Correctional Service says former finance minister Katele Kalumba was released from prison on medical grounds, after serving less than a year of his five-year jail sentence. In December last year, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Dr Kalumba and three others who were convicted and sentenced to five-years imprisonment with hard labour for corrupt practices on May 26, 2010. And in February this year, Kalumba’s wife lamented that her husband’s five-year sentence was a death penalty considering his health condition. In an interview, Zambia Correctional Service Public Relations Officer Gillian Namungala said Katele had been a terminally ill inmate. “So, yes, I can confirm to you that Dr Katele Kalumba together with three others; Richard Mucheko, Namonde...