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Kitwe Pastor Jailed With Hard Labour
A 45-YEAR-OLD pastor of Rise and Shine Ministries in Kitwe has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for making a value added tax (VAT) certificate without lawful authority.
This is in a case in which Roderick Kapungwe of Kitwe’s Kawama township is in the first count charged with making a document without lawful authority contrary to Section 356 Chapter 87 of the Penal Code of the Laws of Zambia.
Particulars of the case allege that Kapungwe, on dates unknown but between April and October this year, in Kitwe, with intent to deceive made a certificate of VAT registration.
Kapungwe admitted the charge when he appeared for plea last week.
According to the facts read out in court yesterday, the complainant in the matter engaged Kapungwe to obtain a VAT certificate from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Kitwe office.
After Kapungwe handed over the said certificate, the complainant doubted its authenticity and in the first week of October this year, he visited the ZRA offices to verify its genuineness and he was told that it was not genuine.
ZRA officials then advised the complainant to report the matter to the police, which he did, and Kapungwe was apprehended and slapped with the subject offence.
Kitwe senior resident magistrate Daniel Musonda convicted Kapungwe on his own admission of the charge and the facts.
In mitigation, Kapungwe asked for forgiveness and vowed never to repeat what he did.
He said he is on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and takes care of a big family which is likely to suffer if he is given a custodial sentence.
Magistrate Musonda noted that Kapungwe was a first offender who appeared to be remorseful for the offence he had committed.
“I will send you to prison for 18 months with hard labour with effect from your date of arrest,” Magistrate Musonda said.
Kapungwe is expected back in court on October 29 for trial in respect of the second count in which he is charged with uttering a false document contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
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wake & bake!!
October 23, 2014 at 10:14 am
Every Pastor Who Collects Tithes Is A Thief!
Judge Joe Bidden
October 23, 2014 at 10:56 am
…so the seats people sit in in church, water, electricity, church workers etc are for free?
kakolwe
October 23, 2014 at 12:16 pm
Chipuba chileke boy. He should also think about every brohel he has attends not charge anything for his stinking mahules. @ wake and bake, kula bwino nakalesa kobe.
Pastor bling bling
October 23, 2014 at 4:20 pm
noko echipuba wiso chitole chakwe kakolwe
unfinished business
October 23, 2014 at 4:26 pm
Stanyoko iwe kakolwe bushe walyonkele noko kuchinyo pakufuma? Ninshi ulesabaila efyotawishibe ka makaka.
Pastor bling bling
October 23, 2014 at 4:21 pm
bring your peanuts to me then you id!ot!!
kasantana
October 23, 2014 at 12:25 pm
Iye utu pastor sure,bonking bamuka bene,suicide,forging…. mwikakafumya aka kachikala bana mayo batusheko,ati i have a big family to look after kwati ulabomba..
manx
October 23, 2014 at 5:46 pm
pastors!!!pastors!!! stealin, ubucende, lyin,etc. which bible do they use. ‘n da followers, u mean u can’t tell dat this guy is cheatin. imagin, dose bonked by pastors, da so called pastor ‘ll apply anointin oil on yo breasts, ‘uleloshafye’ den goes to da pant, ‘uleloshafye’ den he undreses, ‘uleloshafye’ den????????? ‘uleloshafye’ l think ubu bututu.
Abraham
October 23, 2014 at 6:55 pm
Its gud 2 arrest them coz God is not their mate
manx
October 23, 2014 at 9:51 pm
l think in some cases da bonka must be forgiven ‘n da bonked be punished 4 ignorance.