‘Free HH’ graffiti man acquitted

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has acquitted Mwanakatwe Sikasula, for allegedly writing the “free HH” graffiti in the Government Complex, saying the prosecution has failed to prove its case against him.

The matter came up yesterday for ruling before Magistrate Thandose Chabala.

When the matter came up, the court said it was unfortunate that the accused was arrested without thorough investigations as such there was dereliction of duty by the arresting officer.

An arresting officer Amos Kashitu had testified that no handwriting samples were taken from the accused to prove if the handwriting was the same as the graffiti.

Mr Kashiti said there was a possibility that the words could have been written by someone else or the accused as the Government Complex is a public place.

All the five prosecution witnesses said they never saw Sikasula writing the actual words in the ablution block on the fifth floor.

Meanwhile, the Zambia National Farmers Union( ZNFU) has been charged for failing to pay statutory monthly pension contributions to the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) amounting to K5, 546, 896,48.

Particulars of the offence are that ZNFU between October 19 and November 9, 2017 being a registered employer allocated with number 160814 without lawful excuse failed to pay the sum of K1, 414, 522.34 employer/employee contributions.

ZNUT also failed to remit a 20 percent cumulative penalty of K4, 132,374.14 between January 2016 to September 2017 which it is required to pay to NAPSA in respect of its eligible employees after being issued with a warning letter dated October 19, 2017.

Meanwhile, a 41-year-old man of Lusaka has been sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour for obtaining money by pretending to have had a 70 meters by 50 meters plot for sale when in fact not.

Clecious Kalulu on days unknown but between October 31st 2012 and July 25th 2014 did steal a total amount of K230, 000 from Mukela Mutukwa, a Zambian diplomat to India who was looking for land.

Kalulu took the fraud victim to a plot in Lusaka’s Ibex Hill area but was unable to show the land to him claiming that his colleagues had the keys to the gate fencing the plot.