By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSATHE State has no authority to suspend KCM Provisional Liquidator, Milingo Lungu, as doing so is contempt of court, Makebi Zulu Advocates has said.Mr Milingo’s lawyers, Makebi Zulu Advocates, have since written to the Administrator General and Official Receiver, Ms Natasha Kalimukwa, stating that her office does not hold such authority.The lawyers advised that the State’s action stands in contempt of winding up court proceedings under cause no 2019/HP/0761.Meanwhile, KCM in a statement has reiterated that Mr Lungu is still KCM Provisional Liquidator.“We wish to emphasize that the Administrator General has no powers to suspend the operation of the court order, court directives or decisions.“This is because nowhere in Section 69 of the Corporate Insolvency Act no.9 of 2017 or any other law is the Administrator General given powers to suspend a liquidator appointed by the courts of law,” said KCM.On Thursday, Ms Kalimukwa announced that Mr Lungu had been suspended as […]
STATE OFFSIDE ON MILINGO’S SUSPENSION – LAWYERS
