FORMER First Lady Esther Lungu says she is not guilty of any of the offences for which she is appearing before the Financial Crimes Court. And Lungu has wondered which other former First Lady has ever suffered as much as she is currently suffering. Addressing some sympathisers during a lunch break in the matter in which the Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking to forfeit her flats to the state, Lungu remarked that “tatwaibile (we didn’t steal)”. “[Kuli Lesa] eko tufwilefye ukushintilisha, nshatalantante. Twatwaibile, Lesa ewaishiba, Lesa ewishibe (We should just trust in God; and I will not be shaken. We never stole anything but only God knows). We are going to dance man’s tune, but God knows and there...

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