Former Zambia Railways Limited director of finance and administration Regina Mwale has been denied bail pending appeal following her conviction for corruption and abuse of authority of office involving K144,000.
This is in a case in which Mwale applied for bail pending appeal against an 18-month prison sentence slapped on her by the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court.
Ndola principal resident magistrate Obbister Musukwa, sitting in Lusaka, denied Mwale bail on grounds that she had not provided sufficient reasons to warrant bail.
Mr Musukwa said the reasons adduced by Mwale that she would have served a considerable amount of her sentence by the time her appeal would be heard by the High Court was insufficient.
He said there should be exceptional circumstances for the court to grant bail but that the appellant had failed to disclose such circumstances for the court to release her on bail.
“Granting of bail is at the discretion of the court and exceptional circumstances must be disclosed before the court can consider releasing a convict,” he said.
Mr Musukwa, however, granted Mwale leave to appeal to the High court against her conviction and sentence.
Mwale has appealed against her sentence, contending that Ndola principal resident magistrate Obbister Musukwa erred in law and fact when he found her guilty of corruption when there was insufficient evidence.
Ka Clive chirwa, kali namu enjoy, after using, abusing and misusing you.
Regina should be set free because no single hand is allowed to authorize payment without the second person. Secondly she was fighting the two giants, the board and the CEO.
Who was the beneficiary
The entire pf squad is corrupt too. Do not get too comfortable. The likes of kamwbili will feel the heat once we form government
Iam disapointed with u ba nez, i hop u are very far upnd leadership. Are suggesting upnd wil be pre occupied in making others feel the heat instead of proving remed to the colaped economy? I think these are yo only usual un reasoned views sir.
Do not be naive. Of course undoing the damages pf has made to the economy will be our priority. However we still need to apply the law fairly. If kambwili has been stealing he is innocent until proven guilty. We will ensure he faces the law
Its one way of correcting th dwindled economy, those tht have awarded themselves govt contracts dubiously at ZRL, Zesco,ZRA,FRA etc will definitely feel th heat…late Mwanawasa used it and it paid..