By LUCY PHIRII bought land from former Lusaka Province Minister, Bowman Lusambo which the Ndola City council confirmed, owner and CEO of Zam Imports Limited has testified in court.In this matter, Lusambo and his wife Nancy Manase Lusambo pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of corrupt acquisition of public property, possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime, tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud.The couple appeared yesterday before Lusaka magistrate Faides Hamaundu, who is one of the magistrates handling Economic and Financial Crimes.Lusambo is facing all the 10 charges, while his wife is facing four.Mr Jignesh Soni, a witness said after he had made payments to buy the land which Lusambo was selling, he discovered that the land was an encroachment.He said in February 2021, he was approached by an agent and informed that there was some land which was available in Ndola which belonged to Lusambo.“Mr Lusambo called me if I was interested, […]
Witness testifies in Lusambo land trial
