Tue, 23 May 2017 13:24:01 +0000 By AARON CHIYANZO ZAMBIA is one of the countries in Africa with the most expensive legal representation, making it almost impossible for an ordinary offender to afford a lawyer, Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) executive director Godfrey Malembeka has observed. And Dr Malembeka charged that there were more than 4,000 remandees in correctional facilities because the Judiciary was under-staffed. He explained that there were few High Court judges in the country who were expected to go round in districts presiding over court cases. Dr Malembeka added that to make matters worse how long a particular judge would stay in a district depended on the resources available at the time. He said in an interview with the Daily Nation that judges were only able to preside over few cases because of the limitations in time and resources. “A judge has to travel to different districts to preside over cases. […]
