{"id":28691,"date":"2022-08-10T21:54:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T21:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mumbi-phiri-to-appear-in-court-on-october-3rd-kawana"},"modified":"2022-08-10T22:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T22:16:04","slug":"mumbi-phiri-to-appear-in-court-on-october-3rd-kawana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/mumbi-phiri-to-appear-in-court-on-october-3rd-kawana","title":{"rendered":"Mumbi Phiri to Appear in Court on October 3rd-Kawana"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Information and Media Director of Media Thabo Kawana says Mumbi Phiri has been cause listed and is scheduled to appear in Court on October 3rd 2022.<\/p>\n

After spending half a year in filthy Zambian prison without trial Ms Phiri will finally appear in court according to an announcement made by Mr Kawana when he made an appearance on Radio Phoenix Let the People Talk.<\/p>\n

Mr Kawana has since urged Zambians not to make noise about Ms Phiri\u2019s staying in jail without a court appearance for \u201conly\u201d six months because others have been in detention for five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cMs Phiri has been Cause Listed (her case has been scheduled in the courts) for October 3 so it\u2019s wrong to say her stay is political,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Kawana said making a comparison of Phiri\u00b4s more than six months stay without trial in frail health condition to that of President Hakainde Hichilema\u00b4s 127 days in jail without trial was also widely condemned.<\/p>\n

He said the comparison between the two is misplaced because Hichilema was a \u201cpolitical\u201d detainee while he referred to Ms Phiri as a \u201cmurder\u201d suspect. Pressure has attracted local and the international community for the ailing former Deputy Secretary General of the Patriotic Front (PF) to be taken to court or released for lack of case.<\/p>\n

And PF leaders Given Lubinda, Miles Sampa, Emmanuel Mwamba, Lubinda Habazoka, Nickson Chilangwa, and others such as Sean Tembo, Laura Miti, Brebner Changala and Jackson Silavwe have demanded for her release if the State did not have sufficient evidence against her.<\/p>\n

By the time she appears in court in the next two months, Ms Phiri in severely bad health would have been detained for a full nine months, a quarter short of a year.<\/p>\n

The Zambian Civil Society including the Diplomatic community that vocalized against human rights abuses under President Edgar Lungu have ostensibly remained silent over Ms Phiri, a grandmother and wife.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Emmanuel Mwamba, one of the sympathisers of Ms Phiri as a Central Committee Member today said although October is far, it is good that she will finally have a day in court that could possibly lead to a release.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Mr Kawana has stated that the Drug Enforcement Commission Director General Mary Chirwa is not going anywhere as government is not interested in watching pornography.<\/p>\n

He added that women in Zambia suffer double punishment, even animals are against Gender Based Violence (GBV) and anyone calling for firing of Ms Chirwa is liable for GBV.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly have been looking for her video but not seeing it,\u201d he said<\/p>\n

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