PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema should consider the appeal by former Members of Parliament Association of Zambia and pardon Katele Kalumba who has been sent to jail for five years with hard labour, Moses Lungu has said.Mr Lungu, the Social Economic Environmental Project (SEEP) executive director says the appeal by former the former MP’s association was justified because Dr Kalumba was a patient and his jailing was likely to worsen his health condition.Rev. Lungu said in an interview that despite the gravity of the crime committed by the former finance minister, the nation needed to be considerate when handling cases of senior citizens who had contributed to the development of the country.The former MPs association through its president, Yizukanji Siwanzi observed that the former finance minister was ailing and was advanced in age and thus needed to be pardoned so that he could spend his last days with his family.Mr Siwanzi said that Dr Kalumba had contributed […]
NGO backs calls to pardon Katele Kalumba
