By MUBANGA LUCHEMBEAS the Choma Magistrate Court granted a K10, 000 each and two working sureties bail to Ackson Sejani, Fines Malambo, Vincent Lilanda, Javan Simoloka, and Senior Chief Mukuni’s wife Veronica who were detained for the offence of abduction and intent to confine Pheluna and Milton Hatembo siblings.Although, the UPND quintet was jointly charged for the offence of abduction but granted more breathing space in the pending trial, observers analysed what this might mean for Zambia’s forthcoming general elections. The protracted abduction case of the Hatembo siblings will not only determine Zambia’s likely next president, but will also be the toughest of tests yet for the country’s developing democracy and for the UPND Alliance’s already paper-thin unity.Meanwhile, the FDD president, Ms Edith Nawakwi scoffed at Pheluna and Milton Hatembo’s accusation that she wanted to kill them. Reacting to a video that had gone viral on social media in which the Hatembos had accused her […]
TIME OUT FOR SUSPECTED HATEMBOS’ ABDUCTORS
