By CHARLES MUSONDA FORMERNational Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili has been acquitted in a case he was charged with defamation of the President. In this matter, Kambwili was found with a case to answer and put on his defence for alleging that Lusaka business executive Valden Findlay was using the Presidential jet to courier drugs. When the case came up yesterday for continued defence before Lusaka Magistrate Felix Kaoma, private prosecutor State Counsel Emmanuel Bupe Mwansa told the court that complainant Peter Chanda, who is New Congress Party (NCP) president, had decided to withdraw his complaint against Kambwili so that the parties could resolve the matter amicably.Mr. Mwansa said the prosecution had invoked Section 88 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) in withdrawing the complaint against the former Roan MP. Defence lawyer Keith Mweemba then applied to the court that Kambwili be acquitted under Section 201 of the CPC since the case was privately prosecuted […]
KAMBWILI ACQUITTED IN LIBEL CASE
