By OLIVER SAMBOKOACQUITTED PF member and former cabinet Minister, Chishimba Kambwili, says he has in the past four years, suffered and gone through political persecution by those who held power.“But I knew I was as clean as Dr Kaunda’s handkerchief,” he said.He said the criminal charges against him were politically motivate and aimed at silencing him.And his co-accused in the forgery case, Zambia Revenue Authority officials Lukwesa Musonda and Mulenga Kapilima have claimed that they were approached to falsely testify against Dr Chishimba and when they refused, the state concocted trumped charges against them.Dr Kambwili, his son Mwamba and two others were yesterday acquitted by the Lusaka Magistrate on all the 39 counts after the state failed to prove its case against them.The four were jointly charged with forgery and being in possession of property reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime.Other allegations were that Kambwili and his company, Mwamona Engineering and Technical Services, obtained […]
I HAVE SUFFERED PERSECUTION – KAMBWILI
