The truth behind the arrest of Lawyer Keith Mweemba is a deliberate move by the DEC to mislead the PF government that it is UPND’s president Hakainde Hichilema’s lawyer, so as to hide the truth.Keith Mweemba worked at the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) as a prosecutor for 9 years, he was forced into leaving as he was mortified by the corrupt practices at DEC. When he left the DEC, he went into private practices and his main focus has been defending drug cases. He has successfully defended many cases and has been able to expose the corruption of DEC and courts.
Officers of the DEC are involved in the sale and supply of drugs in Zambia.
Keith Mweemba recently represented two Bolivian nationals namely JORGE PADILLA and JACKELINE MARON.The two were arrested at Kenneth Kaunda
International Airport with 13.2kg (15kg) of cocaine.The matter came before magistrate Joshua Banda, he found the two accused guilty and were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
In delivering the judgment, magistrate Joshua Banda convicted the two based on video evidence, but the lawyer demanded an acquittal because
the drugs in the video evidence were not verified in court.The state through the DEC prosecutor objected having the drugs retested by another Independent analyst to confirm that the drugs had not been swapped.The question is why did the court object and choose to believe in the assumption that the Exhibit was infact cocaine. The court was aware that officers from DEC had stolen the drugs and replaced them with salt.The whole 13.2kg of cocaine was sold on our streets by the corrupt DEC officers.
The case of the Bolivians was appealed to the high court by lawyer Mweemba and is still being heard. This appeal has created a lot of panic amongst the DEC Cartel hence the desire by them to get rid of Mweemba. At the moment there is a plot of putting pressure on the High
Court Judge Hamaundu to uphold the conviction. The Cartel has used DEC Commissioner, in corroboration with ACC Commissioner to frame an innocent person. It is unfortunate that DEC has become the epic centre of drug trafficking.
The second case is that of Nigerian National CHARLES OBINA whose arrest the D.E.C reported to the press as having been found with 3kg,but when the matter went to court the weight of the drugs was dramatically reduced to 1.1kg.Mr Obina further asked the magistrate to test the drugs with another Independent analyst to confirm if the drugs were not swapped.
Again the magistrate refused to the request.
There is also the public analyst who is on the payroll of the D.E.C Cartel ,she testifies in court without even testing the drugs. Many of her findings are flawed .She is currently under investigation.
As in the case of the way Exhibits are destroyed after a court case.The procesure is that a court Clerk , the analyst,inspectors from Environmental council of Zambia and D.E.C officer must be present when destroying the drugs but that is never observed .These drugs are never destroyed according to the necessary procedure.The whole procedure of how the drugs are destroyed must be looked at. It is clear that the PF government ‘s fight on corruption is selective.
The sad fact is the government seems to condemn corruption in the media but reality is there is reluctancy in fighting it.So the challenge is
on you Hon Edgar Lungu to check the allegations. Your job is not only to deport foreigners but to protect the public from scourage of drugs
.It is unacceptable for officers from the drug enforcement Commission to be involved in the supply and distribution of drugs in our country
Let us not be hoodwinked by D.E.C media announcement of arrests when on the ground it is them at drug distribution.
By Insider
Editors note:[Names, job titles and phone numbers of the DEC officers have been edited from the story]
I have always thought that the real Drug dealers are DEC themselves.
whose the author..? is it a friend to the lawyer who defends the culprits..? if you read this article slowly you will notice the emotions from the author which makes me think twice, not that he cares but that he wants the masses to do a blame game….
Sad reading. But why hasn’t Lawyer Mweemba reported the barons to the Police? If one cannot report to DEC or ACC, one has other options: ZP or even OP. If his hands are clean, he should be able to report all drug pushers at DEC. I have a feeling his hands are soiled too…
Clear the entire office, and confiscate whatever there have as possesion. This game was on since Chiluba era.
Where is the originality in journalism this article is cut and paste from other sites.
I would expect you to do your own investigation so that you can arrive at your own conclusions. Zambian courts should also be more alert with such issues
DEC… it has been always like that at DEC!
This problem is not unique to Zambia, but is common world wide. Even in the United States, some DEA agents are involved in peddling of Drugs.
Having said that, Im in no way supporting this scourge, and everything possible should be done to bring the culprits to book
LT… PLEASE GO BACK TO YOUR OLD SYSTEM,,, YOUR CURRENT SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING… WE NEED REAL TIME COMMENTING
FAKE STORY
I wish “insider” would have paid attention in school and learned how to write.
From the first sentence to the last, this article is poorly worded and terribly hard to follow….. or perhaps “insider” is on drugs himself?
Since when is it the job of the Home Affairs Minister to deport foreigners – that implies all foreigners must be deported! What rubbish.
This is very typical of these public officers. It is a similar case with prosecutors.
Who doesnt know who the real thugs are In a poverty striken nation?! Ask the Mexican police chiefs, they will show you who their real bussiness partners are!
” you can cheat some of the people some of the time but you cant cheat all the people all the time” its true
where is OP for such things to be happening?
Who can trust Edgar with mbanje when he is the chief consumer?
Dec needs a forensic Pharmacist
If this article is trying to tell us that Mweemba has all along known these happenings or allegations then he should be slapped with another count of concealing crime.And why has this only come out now that he is accused of trying to corrupt a lady lawyer from Ministry Of Justice?