MUNDUBILE, MAKEBI AND 16 OTHERS DISPUTE STATE’S CLAIM THAT THEY APPEARED BEFORE KABWE COURT
By Nelson Zulu
Losing National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity – NRPUP – Presidential candidate Brian Mundubile, his running mate Makebi Zulu and 16 others have disputed claims that they appeared before the Kabwe subordinate court on august 30, September 11 and 15, 2026, to answer to treason and prohibition of terrorism charges.
In an affidavit in reply to submissions filed by the attorney general on October 10, 2026, the 18 petitioners argue that the purported remand warrants do not accurately reflect their actual court appearances.
They have further challenged the reliance on the remand warrants as proof of lawful detention, arguing that the existence of the documents does not establish that they were brought before the court in accordance with the law.
The petitioners also allege that some of them were held incommunicado following their arrest in August, while four were detained in an incomplete section of Mwembeshi Correctional Facility without lawful warrants.
They further claim that one of the petitioners was denied access to medication until August 12, 2026, after falling critically ill, and have questioned the legal basis of documents used to admit some of them to the correctional facility.
The 18 petitioners are seeking court declarations over alleged denial of access to legal counsel, torture and deprivation of medication, as well as damages for unlawful detention, mental anguish, indignity and other alleged constitutional violations.
They are also seeking costs of the proceedings.
In this matter, Mr. Mundubile, Mr. Zulu, George Chisanga, Patrick Mwansa, Bishop Trevor Mwamba, Francis Mulenga, Brazil Soko, Bernard Chewe, Davies Chisopa, Dickson Tembo and Victor Muzyamba are facing treason charges.
Jackson Mutyoka, Richard Banda, Emmanuel Mulenga, Darrius Mwila, Simon Phiri, Harry Valden Findlay and Ezra Tolopa are facing charges of prohibition of terrorism.
PHOENIX NEWS