UPND President Hakainde Hichilema and his Vice Geoffrey Mwamba today appeared in the Luanshya Magistrate Court in a case where they are charged with seditious practices and unlawful assembly.
The case however failed to take off as the presiding magistrate was attending a workshop in Ndola.
The matter has since been adjourned to October 16 and 17 for continued trial.
President Hichilema and Dr Mwamba were both in attendance with a host of their sympathizers.
And the state prosecutor prosecuting the matter is also out of town.
When the matter was called, the state informed the applied to Luanshya senior resident Magistrate Dominic Makaliche that the matter be adjourned.
Defence lawyer Chimuka Magubwi said the state had put a notice to have the matter adjourned.
“To save the PP from embarrassment, the issue is that there is a notice to have the matter adjourned from the NPA. The dates are already agreed,” Magubwi said.
Magistrate Makaliche after consulting with the sitting magistrate John Mbuzi adjourned the matter to October 16, 17 for continued trial.
Because the Judge was attending a workshop! Hilarious. Is this like a Judiciary wind-up, Zambian style. But who gains here.
I suppose there are many ways to torture……
This is why people are calling for judicial review. If doctors worked like these useless Judges, there would be a lot of funerals
Does it mean this judge has no diary, have seen a lot of judges adjourn cases because they attending to something else, does it mean they don’t look in their diaries before setting dates?
Fusekeni, bunch of Losers!
Even most of these local town or village courts there is only 1 judge. Voted in office. If you get arrested at night, judge come to read case for you and set date for hearing. At night!. You get bail or you go to cells. At night apo.
BUT,
If the only judge is attending WORKSHOP, I am sure people will be informed to bother going to court house.
HOWEVER;
Because in Zambia, workshops are a fundraiser, there is no way Judge will leave for just 2 hours to attend to HH & GBM. Leaving allowances from NGOs??? Kwisa??
Mr Dundumwezi president your friends are in New York attending the UN summit in America,so how come you are at a lower court in Luanshya?hasnt icc declared you as 2016 winner?this is what you told your cadres after losing in 2016!!kikikikikiki
Simple question what have gone to do in new York? Are you not just another statistical Attendee?
For sure, Ba Jonathan will just be a statistical attendee
HH is the richest native Zambian. #6.
Milupi is rich. # 8
GBM # 10
Those richer than him are whites or Indian, like Mathani, Zambeef guy.
KK is not ranked, for some international protection closures.
I saw him and his lackey at Nkana East cemetery burying someone from Mona or something.
Let him be rich as much as he can be, it’s his money not yours or mine.
This is exactly what happens in a banana republic! Our judiciary is a joke. You agree on a date for trial and the magistrate, of all people, goes to a workshop! What the…? But the prosecutor is also out of town…something fishy here for sure. What a cursed nation.
This is irresponsible behaviour by the court official. He must be charged with contempt of court.
It is this attitude that makes African nations lag behind in development.
I also wonder why judges are not charged with contept of court.
Comment:court after court lungu enjoying the presidency. up to 2021 .hh and GBM try 2021
Look at this hopeless PF kaponya rat….ati lungu is enjoyingvthe presidency……
He is running away from corruption accusations day and night people are accusing him of stealing….
The two rich fools
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At President Hikainde? What a mockery. Anyway just let Tom and Jerry alone. Oh no Dr GBM must spend a few months at Kamfinsa until Mrs Scotland comes to his rescue.
It’s only good when HH and GBM don’t attend and give lame excuses sick notes while attending with DA Mmusi Maimane and lying to court at they are sick. When the adjournement comes from UPND its ok and if its from the state you insult. No Wonder they are telling you that when a UPND member is aqutted theres ustice and if convicted then judiciary is compromised
Bwafya saana pa Zambia there’s no separation of powers in the pyramid section
HH and GBM also left for South Africa when the case came up. Please people everyone has got to do what they got to do.