By GRACE CHAILE
FORMER First Lady, Esther Lungu, has applied to the Economic and Financial Crimes Court to stay proceedings pending appeal in a matter the Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking an order for the forfeiture to the state of her properties worth about K24 million suspected to be proceeds of crimes.
Ms Lungu on January 10, 2024, appealed to the Court of Appeal raising five grounds against the composite ruling dated December 11, 2023 rendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC).
In her memorandum of appeal, she argued that the EFCC erred in law and in fact in interpreting the provisions of Article 133(3) of the Constitution of Zambia (amendment) Act, no. 2 of 2016 and concluding that (i) a specialised court as provided for in the said Article is a Division of the High Court and (ii) the Chief Justice through SI no.5 of 2022 established the Economic and Financial Crimes Court as a Division of the High Court. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
