POLICE in Lusaka have detained UPND member Kelvin Sampa for allegedly defrauding some Japanese investors of US$80,000 in a botched transaction involving gold. According to sources within the police, Sampa who is detained at Kabwata Police Station was initially reported to have fled from police headquarters during interrogations after claiming he needed to use the toilet. He was, however, picked up from the Ministry of Home Affairs building where he was directed back to the force headquarters and taken into detention at Kabwata Police station. Sources have narrated that Sampa, who left the MMD to join PF and later defected to the UPND in 2022, has been meeting with investors claiming to be the President’s advisor. For this particular case,...

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