Wed, 09 Aug 2017 10:27:20 +0000 By Aaron Chiyanzo and Chintu Malambo THE United Party for National Development (UPND) is still not convinced that the Judiciary is independent even after the acquittal of its member, Obvious Mwaliteta. Mr Mwaliteta, who is former PF Kafue Member of Parliament and four other UPND officials were arrested last year and charged with aggravated robbery. They were arrested for allegedly intercepting records of election results, a day before President Edgar Lungu was declared winner of the 2016 elections. Mr Mwaliteta and his co-accused were however acquitted by the Lusaka High Court yesterday, on grounds that the State had not established enough evidence to warrant a case. But UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma said that Mr Mwaliteta’s acquittal was still not enough to vindicate the Judiciary from the party’s earlier accusations that it was biased. Mr Kakoma told the Daily Nation that the Judiciary was still biased but that they had […]
