EMMANUEL Mwamba, Zambia’s former ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union has become the latest victim of the enhanced policing system of the Zambia Police Service.This entails picking someone even before thorough investigations are done, and ensuring that they are incommunicado.Neither their families, nor their lawyers – for those who can afford their services – are told where they are.It is ironic that the police are contradicting what President Hakainde Hichilema pledged shortly after winning the August 12, 2021 presidential election with a comfortable majority.Mr Hichilema promised that the reign of the new dawn administration would be anchored on the rule of law, and ordered the police that they should never arrest anyone until investigations were done.He said where an arrest had been made, the suspect should be released on police bond if the offence was bondable, and no one should be locked up for more than 48 hours without being taken to court.In Mr […]
MWAMBA’s ORDEAL
