Thu, 08 Feb 2018 08:27:40 +0000 By CHINTU MALAMBO SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Amos Chanda has requested the High Court to throw out Chishimba Kambwili’s defamation claims on grounds of irregularities. This is in a matter in which, Kambwili who is Roan Member of Parliament, sued Mr Chanda over alleged defamatory statements issued against him. Mr Kambwili accused Mr Chanda of calling him a scrap metal thief in an interview that was allegedly given to then online publication, News Diggers. He alleged that the said words were understood to mean that he was a well-known documented scrap metal thief and a thief in general. But Mr Chanda through his lawyer Eric Silwamba filed an affidavit in support of summons to set aside the originating process for irregularity on grounds that Kambwili’s full address was not endorsed in accordance with the amended High Court rules. Mr Chanda argued that his […]
Chanda requests court to throw out Kambwili’s defamation claims
