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Ruling in Sata Vs Daily Nation case reserved, key witness not in the country

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President Michael Sata is accompanied by Lusaka Mayor Mulenga Sata (left) as he left the Lusaka High Court
President Michael Sata is accompanied by Lusaka Mayor Mulenga Sata(left) as he left the Lusaka High Court

High Court Judge Florence Lengalenga has reserved ruling in the matter in which Lawyer Vincent Malambo has applied to join the case in which President Michael Sata has sued the Daily Nation newspaper for libel.

Mr. Malambo had applied to be part of the case with the view of defending himself from allegations made by President Sata that he was removed from representing the Development Bank Zambia (DBZ) because he was allegedly incompetent. President Sata rejected the application by Mr Malambo to join the proceedings.

Mr. Malambo had been earlier engaged by the DBZ to recover a K14 billion loan from Directors of the defunct Zambian Airways who are Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Mutembo Nchito, Post Newspaper Editor %u2013in-Chief Fred M%u2019membe and Nchima Nchito.

Judge Lengalenga during proceedings held in Chambers told the defence lawyers representing Richard Sakala who is the Daily Nation Newspaper Editor that the ruling has been reserved due to the fact that the key witness who is President Sata is not within the country.

She said this is also owing to the fact that Mr. Malambo’s submissions to respond to the rejection of his being party to case by President Sata were also made late, as they were only made a day before the day of ruling which should have been today Wednesday, 25th June.

23 COMMENTS

    • #Zabanga the key witness is presumably dead.The court should not waste its time on this case,its a non starter…

    • All the PF minions are lying under oath about Sata’s health. Once this era is over and done with, we shall demand that all those who lied that Sata was fine answer charges of lying under oath if a post mortem is carried and it is found that Sata died of cancer. For once this African way of doing things must be challenged.

      Right now there is confusion in government, as the PF minions are jostling for lucrative positions within the government. Kabimba has no authority what so ever, and I do not see how and why he will manage the affairs of the country effectively.

      Like I said earlier, the men in uniform are watching Kabimba and his cartel closely. Any silly move they will move in to rescue the country from the jaws of these thugs.Pangas will fly once more now that PF glue is dying.

  1. THIS CASE IF PERMANENT ADJURNED AS THE KEY WITTNESS IN THIS MATTER IS UNDER LAST RESPECT OF 21 DAYS NATIONAL MOURNING

    • @mwamba
      you must be an 1diot. katema two weeks ago was telling you that sata is as fit as a fiddle but you insist to pray for his recovery which recovery?. you should be arrested for alarming the nation.

    • Obviously you missed the memo from Kapeya. He said that you should not allude to the President’s health otherwise ba buju will visit you and arrest you…ufuna ukakambile kuBoma iwe?
      HE. Michael Chilufya Mwango Charles Katongo Sata is fit as a fiddle; fitter than most of us who blog on the internet. So instead of you praying for his quick recovery visit hospitals around Zambia and pray for the real sick people even for yourself.

  2. Sorry I asked wrongly. I meant ruling reserved. But ba LT what is this msg you give me each time I try to post a correction?
    Hmmm, your comment seems a bit spammy. We’re not real big on spam around here.

    Please go back and try again.

  3. I keep telling all those Zambians that keep saying ” mukabwelefye ku Zambia. Kuli development” that I would rather wash old people’s back side and live in a country with a people of a developed mind and infrastructure. I don’t care how rich or educated you are, or what party you are affiliated with, there is no denying that Zambia has gone to the dogs. This president and PF in general is disrespectful and all you docile Zambians do is talk, get drunk, fornicate, commit adultery and the cycle begins!
    This BS will never fly in the USA or Malawi for that matter. Sata is behaving like Zambia is his household. He has embarrassed the justice system and all they can say is that he is out of the country? Let that be HH and see what happens!

  4. The old man started this mess…his big ego took him there not he is incapable of turning up and the selfsame person who gave legal advice is the acting president.

  5. its a scam ,Mmembe knows SATA is not coming back,as president ,so connives and convince the alling SATA to anoint Kabimba as acting president.So that it will be easy for Mmember to campaign for this fossil as the republic president

  6. Sata is abusing the court process and wasting the court’s time. Surely the man knew full well that he did have an important court case coming up and should therefore have cancelled all his private engagements to focus on the case. This simply confirms the PF does not have respect for the law and can do whatever they want and go against the court process. The man should be leading by example in as far as respecting the law is concerned but the opposite is true.

  7. I did mention it on the last article about this case that the court wont do anything about the President due to the immunity he has etc And people were insulting me, the President cannot even be said to have committed contempt. When he returns from Israel, he will use his immunity not to go to court. This thing of expecting the President to appear for cross examination is a DREAM…By the way the President is NOT dead…Dont get me wrong i am not a PF sympathiser or a sympathiser of any political party, neither am i a supporter.

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