Former First Lady Christine Kaseba’s garden boy has walked to freedom after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) entered a nolle prosequi in a matter he was accused of stealing beer belonging to Mwelwa, her  daughter.
Zachariah Mulama and two maids, who are serving a two-month jail term, were jointly charged with theft.

On July 20, 2018, Stella Michelo, 45, Eusibia Malambo, 27 and Mulama, 24, all from Mtendere township, in Lusaka, being employed by Dr Kaseba as house maids and garden boy, respectively, stole clothes and one pack of Heineken valued at K5,000.00, the property of Mwelwa.

Michelo and Malambo pleaded guilty to the charge and were last month sent to jail. Yesterday, Mulama, who denied the charge, appeared before Magistrate Nsunge Chanda for trial. But before he could be tried, the prosecution told the court that they received instructions from the DPP’s chambers to discontinue the matter.

Magistrate Chanda then set Mulama free. “Since the DPP’s chambers have entered a nolle prosequi, I set you at liberty,” Magistrate Chanda said as Mulama walked out of the court smiling. In an interview after the verdict, Mulama said justice has prevailed in the matter.

And a 31-year-old man of Kabanana in Lusaka has pleaded guilty to trafficking in 659.818 kilogrammes of marijuana without authority. Mackson Zulu is jointly charged with Edward Phiri for allegedly trafficking in psychotropic substances without authority, on September 8, this year. When the matter came up for plea before Magistrate Mwandu Sakala yesterday, Zulu admitted the charge while Phiri pleaded not guilty.

The court adjourned the matter to Thursday next week for reading of facts and sentencing of Zulu. Meanwhile, a Zambia Army officer yesterday appeared in the Lusaka Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating his former wife after she trespassed on his farm.

Evans Maimbo is charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. It is alleged that on June 29, 2018, Maimbo assaulted Faith Moonga, his former wife, thereby occasioning actual bodily harm. It is alleged that Maimbo beat up his former wife using fists and wheel spanner.

According to police records, Maimbo and Moonga tied the knot in 1988 until the dissolution of their marriage in 2017 by the Chilenje Local Court.
It is alleged the two were ordered to share property, among them, a Benz truck, unregistered motorbike, water tractor and a farm at 50 percent each