POLICE in Lusaka say they are investigating a case in which a very senior lawyer going by the name Mutemwa Mutemwa State Counsel and a police officer are on the run after stealing US$800,000 (about K14 million) which was entrusted to them by a client to secure while police conducted a search. In a statement, Hamoonga stated that Mutemwa, his son and detective inspector Mano Kayombo of Lusaka Central police station were alleged to have stolen the said money on October 19. HAMOONGA: “Police in Lusaka are investigating a matter in which $800,000 is alleged to have been stolen by Mutemwa Mutemwa State Counsel (SC), Mutemwa Mutemwa Junior (Jnr) both of Mutemwa Legal Practitioners and Detective Chief Inspector Mano Kayombo...

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