Former Lusaka Province Minister Obvious Mwaliteta and four UPND members have pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated robbery.
Particulars of the offence are that in count one Mwaliteta and the four UPND members on 14th August 2016 in Lusaka jointly and whilst acting together stole a handbag and k350 from Elina Nyirenda and used force to overcome the victim.
And in count two the accused stole a black berry phone valued at K4000 from Emmanuel Simbeye in Lusaka.
And Defence lawyers this morning rejected an attempt by the Director of Public Prosecutions to include a third count on the indictment accusing the office of wanting to sneak in the third count.
Defence Lawyer Keith Mweemba argued that it would be unconstitutional for the DPP to include a third count when the accused persons were arrested for two counts of aggravated robbery.
Judge Bowa said he will make a ruling on the inclusion of the third count by the DPP on Monday 12th December 2016.
The Judge has set 12th and 13th December 2016 as date for commencement of trial.
And the court will on 7th December 2016 hear Mr. Mwaliteta’s constitutional bail application.
Keep the thug locked till 2026
Keep him locked up for this will improve the cost of living for many PF supporters, Behold a dictator is born, EL, By the time The blind PF thugs will wake up to the fact that their Jesus EL is not the man he portrays to be they will be in UTH dying of poverty.
@muntu wandi, you must be a serious blind follower. Mwaliteta commited a crime which carries a very serious sentence if convicted. By the time you are done being blind, you will not know the difference between hh and God or UPND and whichever church you go to.
Next it will be you unfairly arrested; then you will appreciate the word, “Innocent”
I thought the UPND were arrested for stealing ballot papers? But Kaizer alitumpa….
these UPND bloggers are now hinding behind bemba names when bogging. Just blog at Tonga bull or cow dung. It is acceptable.
Mmmmmh! Ninshi imwe lyonse kunyafye umutundu ba kci wesu batini?
kci; stop this tribal rot; you are a nincompoop; many of us bloggers that support UPND are non Tongas and we find nothing wrong ,with them; let us keep to the theme or are you such a dunderhead and know only how to speak about tribe?
Ba PF have conscious why trouble Mwaliteta and four others when you are the ones who stole the votes from the Zambian people. Bane Lesa nimalyotola don’t think that you are clever before God’s eyes, you will be punished for your evil deeds. Nothing stays forever you will soon reap what you are sowing. Muletinako na Lesa imwe fi Satana fyakantu.
He is behind bars as evindence of trying to steal an election. And all Upnd 1mbeciles have turned a blind eye to this live witness.
This is a big lesson to all cadres. The people whom they wanted to impress are at home relaxing with a glass of wine.
Mwaliteta and others were simply trying to protect their votes.PF just wanted to torture them. And I think they have been tortured enough, not so? There’s no way a man of Mwaliteta’s status could involve himself in aggravated robbery. It is total rubbish. You managed to steal the votes, so leave those heroes alone.
@ HH TECHILEMA, U NEED TO RESEARCH MORE MY FRIEND. LET ME JUST GIVE U A SMALL HINT TO HELP U HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. ARE U AWARE THAT ECL WENT TO VISIT MWALITETA IN PRISON? FROM WHAT I KNOW, AN AGGRAVATED ROBBER IS A SERIOUS CRIMINAL WHOM THE PRESIDENT SHOULDN’T EVEN GET CLOSER TO. ADD 1+1 MY FRIEND. NOW, LOOK AT THAT SCENARIO WHERE THEM WHO ARE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE WHOLE GAME OF POLITICS CAN EVEN GO VISIT EACH OTHER YET US WHO ARE SPECTATORS PORTRAY SO MUCH HATRED TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER. LET US BE OUR BROTHER’S KEEPER.
Do you mean ECL “visited Mwaliteta” as in going to have a one on one chat – as in a Prison Visit? Will you please justify the term “visit”
Lock them up just as you have reversed elections involving violence lock him up so he thinks twice about dancing around to ngilil bello yalila
we need to keep on praying for mr mwaliteta and those with him
And if Mwaliteta had remained in PF instead of asking questions, this same day he would be waving off the President at the airport to his holidays in South Africa to look at Zuma’s new Jumbo Jet. Meanwhile Chinese and RB’s friends are getting rich just like before 2011, are people simply blind? Or are they blind drunk
For the 1st time in Zambian politics we have experienced such inhuman behavior towards each other. I accepted the guy who said Lungu is a sadistic cruel human being.
Those who claim to be Christian, because Lungu uses the word Christ or anybody who pronounces the word Christ, is a Christian?
Kaunda through out his reign he was praying, praising in public the name Jesus Christ. When people starved to death was when they realized that KK was a satanist.
Lungu leave Mwaliteta alone , you committed crimes while Mwaliteta was preventing those crimes.
@Washington square, no body died of starvation under KAUNDA. In fact malnutrition quadrupled when MMD came to power because massive job losses and high food prices.
Just enter a “nolle ” and move on. Mwaliteta made a bad move from the first move ….resigning ….but that’s water under the bridge.
Rumor has it that most of those MVT branded in a well known violent Party and registered something 2016 were actually stolen MVs either from individuals or GVT. A number of them also had no number plates and may still be rolling the streets without number plates, Road Tax, Insurance and Fitness.
Please let justice prevail and don’t let Criminals hide under the guise of ‘Cadre’.
What Mwaliteta did was bad especially that he was a former minister. Its wrong for UPND TO THINK THAT THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW
Does any one know the truth about mwaliteta’s arrest,aggregated robbery trying to steal votes but today we ar told he wanted to steal a b/bery phone worth K4000,he wanted to steal a hand bag,what the hell
How can the whole lot of the minister lower him self to a common K350.I can’t buy such stupid story,just leave innocent souls free.