By CHARLES MUSONDA NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili yesterday failed to appear in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to open his defence in the matter he has been found with a case to answer for defamation of the President.If convicted Kambwili faces up to three years imprisonment.Kambwili was yesterday scheduled to open his defence before Magistrate Felix Kaoma in a case he has been charged with defamation of the President for accusing Lusaka business executive Valden Findlay of using the Presidential jet to courier drugs.Last November, Mr. Kaoma placed Kambwili on his defence after finding that the prosecution had established a prima facie case against the NDC leader.This was the same day Mr. Kaoma found Kambwili’s aide-de-camp Christopher Kangwa with a case to answer for allegedly forging a school certificate and obtaining pecuniary advantage amounting to K343, 691.12 from the Road Transport Safety Agency (RTSA) where he got a job as an enforcement officer […]
‘Sick’ Kambwili fails to open libel defence
