WE do not agree with the Minister of Justice, Mr Mulambo Haimbe in which he tries to defend the long period that former Patriotic Front deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has been incarcerated on account of a murder charge.Mr Haimbe has tried to explain the injustice about Ms Phiri’s long detention without appearing in court that she is facing a non-bailable offence.He then gives a lecture that for anyone who is facing a non bailable offence to appear before the High Court, there is a process that is followed called “Cause Listing.”’He said that in cause listing, it is always about first in first out, that in the case of Ms Phiri, there are many other people facing similar offences.In nutshell, Mr Haimbe is saying that there is nothing wrong with Ms Phiri being locked up since her arrest in February because her case is yet to come up on the cause list.He said it […]
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