Sat, 01 Jul 2017 12:11:23 +0000 By CHARLES MUSONDA and JUSTINA MULENGA GEOFFREY Bwalya Mwamba committed an offence by threatening to go for President Edgar Lungu’s throat, a State witness told the Lusaka Magistrates’ court yesterday. Testifying in a case where the UPND vice president is charged for proposing violence against the Head of State, Lusaka lawyer Celestine Mukandila said he felt Mr. Lungu’s life was in danger because Mwamba was a prominent political figure with a huge following. Mr. Mukandila, 27, who is also a PF media committee member, said he did not know if Mwamba’s statement was a figure of speech. He said he did not have any personal grudge against Mwamba and the case against the latter was not politically motivated. “From my interpretation he (Mwamba) committed an offence. To my recollection he said ‘Edgar Lungu if you are listening now I am going to come for your throat. He said he […]
