Wed, 07 Jun 2017 13:04:22 +0000 By CHARLES MUSONDA HAKAINDE Hichilema and his treason co-accused will be committed to the High Court tomorrow, following an agreement between his lawyers and the State yesterday. And the State welcomed the agreement, saying it had always looked forward to commencement of trial in the case while one defence counsel doubted if the matter would take off soon because the current criminal cause list was already full. Hichilema’s lawyers u-turned last week on their objection to the committal certificate signed by Deputy Chief State Advocate Mariam Mutebi Bah-Matandala on behalf of Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Shawa-Siyunyi. This was after they opted to abandon a judicial review Principal Resident Magistrate David Simusamba granted them to establish the legality of committing accused persons to the High Court using committal certificates signed by the DPP’s subordinates on her behalf. The two parties met before Mr. Simusamba in chambers yesterday and […]
