Tue, 30 May 2017 11:13:10 +0000 By Chikumbi Katebe UPND Nalikwanda Member of Parliament Geoffrey Lungwangwa is in court for failing to settle K44,000 debt in legal fees owed to his lawyer, Martha Mushipe. This involved the case in which Ms Mushipe was legal counsel for the parliamentarian in an election petition filed against Professor Lungwangwa by Samuel Mukumbuta Nayun-da after the August 2016 general election. According to the statement of claim filed by the lawyer, Prof Lungwangwa approached her law firm to defend him in the legal suit commenced in September 2016. “As a result of the aforementioned, Ms Mushipe and Prof Lungwangwa entered into an agreement which stipulated that the plaintiff would provide professional legal services to the defendant herein and an initial deposit fee of K50,000 was agreed upon to be paid in reasonable instalments and an engagement letter accepting the condition thereof was signed by both parties,” she said. Ms […]
