By LUCY PHIRIDIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Gilbert Phiri has denied consent to privately prosecute Batuke Imenda, the UPND secretary general by Sean Tembo for branding Archbishop of Lusaka Dr Alick Banda “the Lucifer of Zambia.”Mr. Tembo, the president of Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP on January 15, 2024 informed the court that he had written to the DPP seeking permission to undertake a private prosecution of Mr Imenda for hate speech against Archbishop Dr Banda.Mr. Tembo also informed the DPP in a letter written to him that he had lined up witnesses where ready to testify in Court.He stated that that Imenda, who is the accused in the matter used a Computer System when he committed the alleged offense of hate speech against the Archbishop of Lusaka.However, in response, DPP Phiri said he was unable to grant Mr. Tembo’s request to private prosecute Imenda on grounds that he did not avail any cogent evidence […]
You can’t prosecute Imenda, DPP tells Sean Tembo
