18/04/2025
EIGHT YEARS AGO HH WHEN HE WAS ACCUSED…..
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COURT: HAKAINDE HICHILEMA HAS RIGHT TO SPEEDY AND PROPER MEDICATION
LUSAKA magistrate Greenwell Malumani has granted opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to be attended to by his personal medical doctor saying that it is the right of the accused to receive proper medication.
In his rulling over the matters raised by defense lawyers today, Magistrate Malumani said accused persons should not be treated like convicts granted Mr. Hichilema’s family to have access to the accused who remains incarcerated at Lusaka Central prison.
The court stated that only Mr Hichilema's wife, children, and five other family members whose names are to be submitted to the law enforcers by the accused will be allowed to visit him.
Magistrate Malumani further accorded Mr. Hichilema access to basic needs which are to be provided by the officer in charge at the correctional facility where he is remanded.
He also accorded the accused Mr. Hichilema's lawyers atleast one hour each to consult him.
Magistrate Malumani said the court would study the other preliminary issues raised before him by defense lawyers and that he will tomorrow give a comprehensive ruling.
Earlier, defense lawyers pleaded for court intervention on a number of issues among them, inadequate time to consult their client (accused), accused not allowed to be visited by his famiky members, lack of proper medical attention for the accused, and the torturing of their client when he was just an accused and not convicted yet.
The defense lawyers also alleged that togather with his five co-acused were sprayed with pepper spray on the private parts, ears and mouth.
The matter was however adjourned to tomorrow, Wednesday April 19th, 2017 at 09:00hrs.