Kambwili finally released from prison
Patriotic Front official Chishimba Kambwili has at last been released from detention on bond for an immigration offence.
He had been detained in custody by the Immigration Department after his arrest on October 22,2025.
This was regardless of him completing his five months sentence on charges of hate speech.
Kambwili was arrested while serving a jail term.
His lawyer, Kennedy Mambwe said it is indeed true that his client has been arrested, adding that it is in connection with his failure to present himself to an immigration officer when he left the country in 2024.
According to the State, Kambwili was expected to be evacuated to South Africa for medical treatment in 2024, but instead chose to travel to Zimbabwe.
On January 30, 2024, an unidentified Zimbabwean man allegedly presented Kambwili’s passport to an immigration officer at the Chirundu border post.
That same year, Home Affairs Minister Jack Mwiimbu disclosed during a press briefing that Kambwili had contravened immigration laws by crossing into Zimbabwe without completing exit formalities, in violation of Section 16(1) of the Immigration and Deportation Act No. 18 of 2010.
The Act requires any person exiting the country to appear before an immigration officer for clearance.
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