By NATION REPORTERTHE matter of the prolonged detention of Mumbi Phiri lies in the hands of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and not the Republican President, UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has said.Mr Mweetwa said in an interview it was unfair that the blame was heaped on the UPND when the matter was purely in the hands of the DPP.He said the DPP was not answerable to anyone and therefore she had the powers to expedite the case rather than paint a picture that the UPND was the one stalling the matter because she was politically-inclined to the PF.“It’s really unfortunate that the UPND has been painted black in this matter because they think the reason Mumbi Phiri’s case is still delaying is because she is PF which is far from the truth,” he said.Mr Mweetwa was reacting to Our Civic Duty Association (OCIDA) chairperson Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu’s statement over the incarceration of the former […]
Mumbi Phiri’s case in hands of DPP, says Mweetwa
