Jailed
Zambian coverage mentioning jailed, gathered from every newsroom we follow.
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Crime & Courts
Former US Priest Jailed
A former Catholic priest who served in Louisiana and Texas in the United States of...
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Crime & Courts
Juvenile Jailed Seven Years for Parents Deaths
A 19-year-old Lusaka juvenile has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for...
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Crime & Courts
Chirundu Police Officer Jailed 12 Months for K800 Bribe
The Siavonga Subordinate Court has convicted and sentenced a Chirundu police officer to 12 months...
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Health
COVID-19 kit thieves jailed three years.
THREE employees at Chipata level-one hospital who stole COVID-19 kits worth over K2million at a height of the corona virus pandemic in 2022 have been jailed three years imprisonment with hard labour. The trio, who include two laboratory and biomedical technicians and a driver, were…
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Crime & Courts
Chirundu Police Officer Jailed 12 Months for K800 Bribe
The Siavonga Subordinate Court has convicted and sentenced a Chirundu police officer to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for corruption involving K800. Francis Chisala, a police officer at Chirundu Police Station, was convicted on one count of Corrupt Practices by a Public Officer, contrary…
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Crime & Courts
Zambian man jailed for transporting Ethiopian migrants
A 32-year-old Zambian man has been sentenced to two years in prison for aiding illegal immigration after he was found transporting Ethiopian nationals in eastern Zambia, the Department of Immigration said. Jack Banda was convicted by the Katete Magistrate Court on Tuesday and fined K80,000…
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Crime & Courts
Vlogger Joseph Chishimba Jailed 9 Months for Cyber Harassment
The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced 49-year-old vlogger Joseph Chishimba of Jack Compound to nine months’ imprisonment with hard labour for cyber harassment after he shared a WhatsApp post alleging that Presidential Policy Advisor Chipo Mwanawasa had been impregnated by someone at State House. Chishimba…
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Crime & Courts
Businessman Kasolo jailed seven years for trafficking 73.9kg cannabis
Businessman Henry Kasolo, who had been on the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) wanted list, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment with hard labour for trafficking 73.9 kilogrammes of cannabis. Kasolo, who was convicted on three counts, was sentenced on Thursday after the State failed…
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Crime & Courts
Three convicted for stealing K3.7 million, jailed five years
Three men have been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment with hard labour after admitting to breaking into a Chinese businessman’s home in Lusaka and stealing valuables worth more than K3.7 million, including a firearm, ammunition and jewellery. Fanwell Chatugwa, 45, a driver; Most Siachilende, 36…
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Africa & World
Chivayo’s huge reward for police after robbers jailed
Businessman Wicknell Chivayo has proposed a multimillion-dollar package of vehicles, tactical equipment and smartphones to reward police officers who investigated the armed robbery at his in-laws’ farm. Chivayo says he has formally written to the authorities seeking approval to donate 10 bulletproof, brand-new 2026 Toyota
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Africa & World
Former Liberian Vp, Ex-Wife of Charles Taylor, Jailed Ahead of Drug Trafficking Trial
Liberian Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has been transferred to Monrovia Central Prison as she awaits further court proceedings over allegations linking her to an international drug trafficking network. Howard-Taylor, who served as Liberia’s Vice President from 2018 to 2024 under former
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Crime & Courts
Blogger Chishimba jailed nine months for circulating pregnancy claim about presidential aide
Blogger Joseph Chishimba has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment with hard labour for circulating an unverified allegation that Special Assistant to the President for Public Policy, Chipokota Mwanawasa, was pregnant for a “guy at State House”. Principal Resident Magistrate Idah Phiri sentenced the 47-year-old…
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Crime & Courts
Former council accountant jailed 3 years in Livingstone over K316,000 CDF fraud
An assistant accountant at Livingstone City Council has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with hard labour for diverting K316,000 in Constituency Development Fund grants meant for 11 cooperatives into his personal accounts. The Economic and Financial Crimes Court sitting in Livingstone on Monday convicted…
