Mukata goes to High Court for murder

Sat, 03 Jun 2017 13:14:36 +0000

By CHARLES MUSONDA

UPND Chilanga MP Keith Mukata and his co-accused Charmaine Mehl-Musonda have been committed to the High Court for murder.

When the matter came up before Lusaka Magistrate Irene Wishimanga for mention yesterday, the State informed the court that Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Shawa-Siyunyi had issued a committal certificate in which she said the case was proper for trial by the High Court.

Mukata and Charmaine are jointly charged for the murder of 63-year-old Namakambwa Kalikwenda, a security guard manning the Chilanga legislator’s law firm AKM Legal Practitioners in Rhodes Park on May 6, 2017.

Last month, information emerged that Charmaine had undergone operation for acute appendicitis

Musonda hid herself in a chitenge wrapper to evade cameras and her details on the medical report indicated that she was Mrs. Charmaine Mehl-Musonda. Even yesterday she veiled herself in a blue chitenge hiding her head and upper body.

Charmaine also gave the court her residential address different from that of Mukata. She resided at 215 A, Lusaka West, while Mukata was of Farm number 691, Kasupe, Lusaka.

Meanwhile, controversial witchdoctor Chilufya Chileya, commonly known as Dr. Kalonga Kanono, has also been committed to the High Court for causing grievous bodily harm with intent to maim, disfigure, or disable, contrary to Section 224 (a) of the Penal Code, Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

Chileya, 39, was arrested in January this year for allegedly shooting and wounding his sister, Josephine Chilufya, 53, using a pistol. The incident came barely six months after he was acquitted of defiling a minor and less than five years after he was cleared of raping a Grade 12 pupil.