By Chisomo Phiri
Former United Transformation Movement (UTM) Director of Youth cum-activist Bon Kalindo is demanding a K50 million compensation and an apology from Minister of Homeland Security Ken Zikhale Ng’oma within seven days for alleged character assassination or risk being sued.
Kalindo’s lawyer Gilbert Khonyongwa confirmed of the development in an interview with the press on Thursday
According to Khonyongwa,the Minister has already been communicated.
A copy of the letter from Khonyongwa Associates and addressed to Zikhale N’goma, states that during a press briefing by the Minister on April 18, 2023, regarding the relocation of refugees and asylum seekers to Dzaleka camp, Zikhale Ng’oma allegedly made statements that were meant to tarnish and damage the image of their client.
The minister is alleged to have said words which in their natural and ordinary meaning meant that Kalindo is corrupt, dishonest and a crooked person who is receiving bribes from the refugees in order to influence or lobby for a reversal of the decision to relocate the group.
Meanwhile, Zikhale is yet to make a comment on the matter.
