FORMER Local Government and Housing deputy minister, Moses Muteteka will spend the weekend in prison pending the hearing of his bail application on Monday.
Lusaka principal magistrate Aridah Chuulu on Thursday jailed Muteteka, MMD Member of Parliament for Chisamba for five years with hard labour for stealing a Fuso truck belonging to his constituency.
But Muteteka on the same day applied to Ms Chuulu to grant him bail pending his appeal to the high court.
Ms Chuulu has instead set Monday for hearing of Muteteka’s application and this would result in him spending the weekend in prison.
Muteteka has since appealed to the High Court against his conviction and sentence.
He was facing one count of a motor vehicle contrary to the law.
Particulars were that Muteteka on May 24, 2014, 2010 in Lusaka stole a motor vehicle namely, a Mitsubishi Fuso light truck valued at K75, 000, the property of Chibombo District Council in Chisamba constituency.
Ms Chuulu jailed him for depriving the people of his constituency of benefiting from the motor vehicle bought using public funds.
Justice now seems to be a sham. Sentence – bail – case closed. What a mess!!!
I thought the case is none billable or since it is in Zambia it can be justified for a certain type of people. off course not the poor.
Mr Muteteka life is a journey. There’s a tym in it journey we get up & at tyms we fail. Wht u going through can be faced by anyone. Dot give up
IS it 2010 or May 2014? Anyway this man chased away his old wife after he got appointed by FTJ at state house. The wife had kept him for many years when he was jobless. She sold roasted maize by the roadside..
WE TOLD THIS SMALL BOY CALLED MUTETEKA TO RESIGN FROM MMD AND JOIN PF LIKE THE OTHER SMALL BOY CALLED NAMULAMBE BUT HE REFUSED. THEN ENJOY THE WEEKEND SMALL BOY.