The Livingstone High Court has dismissed the case in which leader of the largest opposition political party in Zambia was accused of illegally buying a farm in Kalomo.
Misheck Hambwalula, a farmer of Zimba, had sued UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema for allegedly buying his father’s Farm 3275 of Kalomo illegally.
But Hichilema – through his lawyer Marshal Muchende of M Associates argued that the plaintiff had no legal authority to pursue a matter he was merely a beneficiary and not an administrator.
In her ruling, Judge Chilombo Phiri upheld the defense’s argument that the Plaintiff had no legal authority to sue over the farm where he is not the administrator, but merely a beneficiary.
She, however, excused herself from ruling on the case having expired its legal period of being brought before court for fear of preempting an outcome in case an administrator decided to sue on the matter.
Hambwalula has since been directed to pay Hichilema’s costs and was granted leave to appeal.
This is the second case that Hichilema has won in the High Court within a week, a development his lawyers are attributing to persecution from his political opponents. -Byta FM