Wed, 08 Feb 2017 09:44:12 +0000 By Andrew Mukoma THE Livingstone Magistrates Court has sentenced a 36-year-old UPND cadre to two years imprisonment with hard labour for threatening violence. Godwin Simangolwa, the Kazungula district youth chairperson, was facing one count of threatening violence contrary to section 90 (B) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia. Appearing before Chief Resident Magistrate Willie Sinyangwe on Tuesday for sentencing was Simangolwa, a driver who was employed by Daewoo at the Kazungula Bridge construction site before he was dismissed due to his conduct. Statement of the offence is that on August 10, 2016, with intent to cause alarm to a Government officer, Simangolwa went to threaten Kazungula border immigration officer-in-charge Michael Banda in his office and ordered him to vacate the office, hand over a Government vehicle and never step his foot at the construction site of the Kazungula bridge on account that he was […]
