Livingstone Mayor Constance Muleabai has been found with a case to answer on two corruption charges, the court has declared.
The trial in which Muleabai is accused of corrupt practices started this morning after she pleaded not guilty when she appeared for plea before Lusaka-based resident magistrate Trevor Kasanda yesterday.
Muleabai, 49, is facing two counts of alleged corrupt practices involving K300,000.
The facts of the matter are that in the first count, Muleabai, on a date unknown but between August 1, 2023 and September, 30, 2023, allegedly solicited K120,000 cash from Mark Gabites, of Zamnuka Farming Limited, as an inducement to facilitate for the cancellation of property rates owed to Livingstone City Council.
In the second count, the accused, during the period between August 1, 2023 and September 30, 2023, is said to have obtained K180,000 cash using unorthodox means from Gabites as an inducement to facilitate cancelling of property rates.
She is being accused of soliciting K120,000 and receiving K180,000 in exchange for waiving property-rate arrears owed by Zamnuka Farms Limited.
The matter will continue in the following weeks with the defense expected to argue its case.