EX-POSTMASTER GENERAL CHANDA DENIED BAIL
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Court (EFCC) has refused to grant bail pending hearing of an appeal by jailed former postmaster general MacPherson Chanda and two others.
The court refused to give bail to Mr Chanda and the other convicts because the applicants did not provide any exceptional circumstances for the court to grant their plea.
“We find that this is not a proper case in which this court can exercise its discretion to grant the application as there are no exceptional circumstances adduced to warrant the grant of bail pending appeal,” the ruling by judges Pixie Yangailo, Anne Malata-Ononuju and Vincent Siloka reads in part.
The court also based its refusal to grant bail on the fact that chances of the appeal against the two-year jail term imposed on the convicts succeeding are slim.
Zambia Daily Mail
I find the case against Mr MacPherson Chanda and hIs Colleagues Bizzare. At first I thought the man had stolen the K300+ Millon Social Cash Transfer money which was the impression given by the Media Vuvuzelas. Well the money wasn’t stolen. It was put in a Zampost Fixed Deposit Account for 7 Days.
Did Mr Chanda steal the profit which accrued on the K300+ Million fixed deposit Account? No , the money is still with Zampost. The offense? Permission wasn’t sought from Treasury to put the Money in the fixed deposit Account!
Come on you guys, give the man bail. This case doesn’t warrant any custodial sentence..just a warning from the Head of Treasury is enough.