By OLIVER SAMBOKO and ADRIAN MWANZAPRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has been petitioned over the continued incarceration of former PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri who has been in detention without trial since February.But United Party for National Development (UPND) and Southern Province minister Cornelius Mweetwa said the president did not intervene in the country’s justice system and that it was the prerogative of the judiciary.Ms Mumbi is jointly charged with former President Edgar Lungu’s barber, Shebby Chilekwa for alleged murder of a UPND cadre, Mr Lawrence Banda.In a petition letter by Labour Economists and African Democrats (LEAD) president Linda Masarira to President Hakainde Hichilema and obtained by the Daily Nation, the Zimbabwe opposition leader demanded an immediate stop to the unlawful detention of Ms Mumbi.She stated that the continued incarceration of the former PF deputy secretary general is unacceptable and a violation of her fundamental human rights.“As the President of Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats Zimbabwe, […]
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