ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has justified agreeing to compensate five UPND members despite the state entering into nolle in their case, saying there was no substantial matter against them. And Kabesha says Zambians should not forget about how their freedoms were infringed upon in the previous regime. A number of stakeholders, including Zambia Must Prosper president Kelvin Bwalya Fube and former LAZ president George Chisanga, have questioned how the state entered into a consent judgement with five UPND supporters for them to be paid K6,400,000 each as full and final settlement in a matter in which they were seeking damages for unlawful prosecution, when the state had entered in a nolle prosequi in their case and they were not entitled...

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