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H LMiti has lambasted Cornelius Mweetwa, ERBALIST Elizabeth the Information and Media Phiri has testified in Minister for attempting the Magistrate Court to gag podcasts by way of that Chief Mukuni of statutory regulation when there the Toka Leya Livingstone had has never been a law to police given her K1, 050, 000, which

such kind of online media platforms. was the money she used to buy a house in Libala.

Ms Miti has told off Mr Ms Phiri, 53, told the Lusaka Mweetwa to: “Go and find something Magistrate Court that Chief useful to do…like freeing Mukuni personally went to her

ZNBC from the political shackles house and delivered the K1, it remains under.”

050, 000 for the purchase of the

Ms Miti, the Human Rights house.

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