Tue, 27 Jun 2017 11:56:01 +0000 …as State applies for order to move him back to Mukobeko By CHIKUMBI KATEBE and ANNIE ZULU INCARCERATED UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has applied to the Constitutional Court that his petition over the treason charge should be heard in the High Court where it was thrown out last week. Lusaka High Court Justice Betty Mung’omba threw out a petition on point of duplicity of cases when the petitioner filed two separate cases before the High Court and the Constitutional Court respectively over his treason charge. According to an affidavit filed by Mr Hichilema’s lawyer, John Sangwa SC, it has been argued that the two cases were filed on two different provisions of the law, hence rendering them to be tried independent of each other. “On 5th June, 2017, I caused to be taken out on behalf of the petitioners two petitions against the Republic of Zambia: one in this Court […]
