Court frees Kasambara
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday released on bail former Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Ralph Kasambara.
In his ruling, Supreme Court of Appeal judge Anaclet Chipeta agreed with the defence team that Director of Public Prosecutions Bruno Kalemba did not provide any evidence of the likelihood that, if released on bail, Kasambara would attempt to influence or intimidate witnesses.
Kasambara, accused of attempted murder of Ministry of Finance budget director Paul Mphwiyo, appealed against a High Court ruling of November 21 that granted him bail, but to be operational after 30 days to allow the State to conclude investigations.
Kasambara, a suspended legal adviser of the ruling People’s Party (PP), was arrested and charged with attempted murder of Mphwiyo.
The shooting of Mphwiyo is connected to the revelations of massive looting of public funds popularly known as cashgate.
