HH DEMANDS K10 MILLION FROM EPP LEADER CHILUFYA TAYALI OR RETRACT A STATEMENT HE MADE YESTERDAY DURING A PRESS BRIEFING
Below is the statemet from HH’s lawyers:
We act for Mr. Hakainde Hichilema and therefore carefully note our interest in the matter.
Our client has Instructed that on or about Sunday the 18th day of November, 2020, at a Press hnefing you hosted at your offices situate at the above mentioned address, in Villa Elzabetha, Lusaka around 10 hrs or thereabout, you uttered and caused to be falsely and maliciously published the following words about our client:
when it comes to Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, I have come across evidence that suggests that, instead of aspiring for Presidency, he (meaning our client) should actually be in jail… I have come across evidence which suggests that Mr. Hichilema corruptly benefited from privatisation. My investigations has revealed (sic) that Mr. Hichilema acquired several properties from privatisation, depriving citizens opportunities to be empowered through job creation, accrued benefits, houses and other properties. One example is a House on Plot No. 77/A/609 on Poplar
It is on the premise of the foregoing that our cient has instructed us to demand and we so demand that you retract the above mentioned utterances and issue an unequivocal and acceptable apology to be published in the same manner that you published the words complained about by retum of post. This aspect of the demand also Includes a demand for an apology from the ZNBC Board for the unfair airing of defamatory material complained about without following the media ethics of fair coverage.
Our client also demands that you atone for the pecuniary damage you have caused him in the amount of K10, 000, 000.00 and costs in the amount of K350, 000.00 within 7 days from the date of this letter.
In default of issuing a retraction and apology as aforesaid, our dient shall be constrained to issue legal process and committal proceedings against you In the High Court of Zambia and we are instructed to proceed to render you bankrupt if you fail to settle the judgment debt and costs to be awarded by the Court so that the semblance of your political (or whatever) career shall be ruined forever.
Kindly acknowledge safe receipt.
Yours Sincerely
M ASSOCIATES
Managing Partner
