President Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 949 inmates and commuted sentences of 98 inmates to various terms of Imprisonment to commemorate this year’ s Heroes and Unity day.
The President has exercised his prerogative of mercy and in pursuant to article 97 of the constitution of Zambia which provides for Presidential pardon and substitution of severe punishments imposed on convicted persons.
Addressing the media in Monze this afternoon, Minister of Home affairs and Internal Security, Jack Mwiimbu announced that the pardon included 826 ordinary inmates, 11 old age and 12 foreign Nationals.
He said the commuted sentences include 55 inmates serving sentences between 20 and 25 years have their sentences reduced to 15 years whiles 37 inmates serving sentences between 26 and 35 years have their sentences commuted to 20 years.
Mr. Mwiimbu said 40 inmates imprisoned for 36 and 45 years have their sentences lessened to 25 years while 2 inmates serving sentences between 46 and above have their sentences commuted to 30 years.
He said among the pardoned are 893 males while 54 are females.
The Minister said the Pardon will also help in decongesting correctional facilities across the country.
He said the total inmates’ population currently stands at 23,970.
Mr. Mwiimbu disclosed that the new dawn administration has once again demonstrated its resolve to observe human rights of those citizens who are incarcerated in various correction facilities.
“As you may be aware conditions in our correctional facilities have always been a concern of the UPND led administration,” he said.
The Minister has also disclosed that the government has released K40 million to equip the correctional facilities across the country.
Yesterday President Hakainde Hichilema pledged to pardon prisoners who have proved to have transformed as well as those who were unfairly convicted.
They won’t give you a break down based on the location of those pardoned because it will show their bias to release only those from their strongholds and tribe. Ecl got criticised for pardoning by the same upnd who are now using it to further their electoral ambition
Break down doesnt matter ? didnt ecl pardon a well Known Murderer for the sake of donations ?
Kaizer Zulu how long are you going to be crying? Don’t you believe that PF is dead?
THE CHAP ON HERE ALWAYS CRYING IS A PAID BLOGGER SO AS LONG AS THE SPONSOR PAYS HIM
He’LL BE AROUND
Oh what a wonderful and historical gesture that the president has demonstrated to the people of Zambia and the world entire by pardoning such a huge contingent of convicted prisoners. Thank you Mr president. Long Live president HH
Oh what a wonderful and historical gesture that the president has demonstrated to the people of Zambia and the world entire by pardoning such a huge contingent of convicted prisoners. Thank you Mr president. Long Live president HH
Fuseke
Kikikiki, ba Kaizer balifulwa…..
There shouldn’t be any woman in prison, not even Mumbi Phiri
There shouldn’t be any man or woman in prison, as we all seem to be a bunch of thieves
and ZAMBIA IS OUR PRISON
Speak for yourself.
Is it the same Kaizar Zulu who shot his gun at Chishimba Kambwili house? Is it the same Kaizar
Zulu who beat up a policeman and the driver who he smashed with his car. Under influence of drugs and alcohol. Is it the same Kaizar Zulu who rape, beat and abuse women to later report them to the police, putting himself I a rol of a victim. Is it the same Kaizar Zulu who under influence of drug and alcohol would run on a football pitch to start arguing with the referee.
Yet he was advisor to President Lungu. What a shame about the behaviour of this Malawian.
The only solution is to disarm. Take away his pistol. Lock him up and perhaps pardon him after many years. Maybe he can change his arrogance.
But ulichishupu icha silent iwe. Fuseke. Tell me if I have a record against my name of guilty based on all those allegations