….Bail Application for Nakacinda Comes Up Today…
Lusaka High Court Judge, Justice Anne Mary Kachenga Malata Ononuju is expected to hear and determine the bail-application-pending appeal by Patriotic Front and Tonse Alliance Secretary General Raphael Mangani Nakacinda.
Judge Ononuju upheld the 18-month jail sentence handed fown against Nakacinda for allegedly criminal defamation of President Hakainde Hichilema.
Nakacinda had accused President Hichilema of meddling and interefering with the Judiciary ro punish political opponents.
The law against criminal defamation was repealed in December 2022 while Nakacinda was jailed in May 2024.