MILES SAMPA PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CYBER CRIME CHARGE AS COURT GRANTS HIM K1 MILLION BAIL
MATERO Member of Parliament Miles Sampa has pleaded not guilty to one count of use of computer systems to commit an offence contrary to section 20 of the cybercrimes Act No. 4 of 2025.
Mr. Sampa appeared before Lusaka Principal Magistrate Webster Milumbe this afternoon, following his arrest on allegations that he transmitted false information in which he claimed that the Electoral Commission of Zambia had opened a fake polling station along ring road in Lusaka during the Chawama parliamentary by-election on January 15 2026.
Mr. Sampa apologised for the utterances and was later arrested by the police, following a complaint by ECZ Corporate Affairs Officer Raphael Phiri.
During the proceeding, Mr. Sampa’s lawyer Charles Changano applied for bail pending trial in line with section 123 of the Criminal Procedure Code on the basis that his client is a not a flight risk, the offence is bailable and will comply with the conditions the court will set.
Meanwhile, Magistrate Milumbe has granted Mr. Sampa bail pending trial in the sum of K1 million in his own recognisance and two working sureties from Lusaka, with introductory letters from lawyers.
PN
How do you plead not guilty and yet you publicly apologized for misleading information
The same way some conman promised to reduce the price of mealie meal to K50. He will be jailed for his many lies, gross tribalism and corruption after August.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN AUGUST.
Pany0 Pak0 you are not a Zambian. All the way from Tanzania/Congo, you are masquerading as a Zambian taking free money for doing nothing. This will not happen again, ba kawalala. Soon, we will begin arresting you due to that questionable background.
Don’t worry Honorable Miles Sampa about the last kicks of a Dying horse.
This government is on its way out.
Treat the persecution you are being Subjected to as a badge of honor..
Kasama is waiting for you…
We mourn with our King , Mwiine Lubemba on the death our Queen…Abasaano ba Mfumu…
Then you hit the road to get the PFDD candidate elected on 29th January, 2026.
We shall overcome.
Hakainde will fall..
Yaba, 1 meter!! No more games. Anyway we tired of people alarming the nation with fake information. This bail amount is commensurate to the alleged crime. I dont particularly like these laws because some can unintentionally disseminate information they believed it was true as conveyed to them. However its good for those who intentionally are in the habit of Kachepa. Amb EM is next. I hate people who want our beloved country to burn
Sampa may soon join Munir’s chitente in jail.
A very irresponsible character.
Euro bond money, needs to be investigated. Who stashed millions in stocks in other countries.
Miles, what you should know is that the end game is prison, already by elections should be on the mind of political players