By CHARLES MUSONDAINCARCERATED accused persons, who are awaiting their fate in the subordinate courts, yesterday fumed at public prosecutors’ strike which has entered the second day and prolonged the inmates’ stay in custody.The public prosecutors who were transferred from the Zambia Police Service to the National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) in 2016 have gone on a countrywide indefinite strike seeking answers regarding who should pay them their benefits for the period they served under the police before they were taken to NPA.They decided to down tools on Monday morning after learning that their former colleague late Nsama Nsama Chipyoka’s family was only paid K13, 000 by the NPA as his benefits from 2016 to December 23, 2020 when he was gunned down in a fracas between the police and UPND cadres.The NPA has told the administrator of the late Mr. Nsama’s estate to claim benefits for the rest of the years he served from the police […]
INMATES FUME OVER PROSECUTORS STRIKE PROLONGING THEIR STAY IN CUSTODY
