The Supreme Court of Appeal has set November 4, 2021, as a date to resume hearing of an appeal case involving former Minister of Justice Ralph Kasambara and two other convicts, Pika Manondo and McDonald Kumwembe.
The three, jailed in 2016 in connection with attempted murder of former budget director Paul Mphwiyo, appealed before the Supreme Court to review their convictions.
Kasambara was convicted and sentenced for conspiracy to attempted murder while Manondo and Kumwembe were convicted and sentenced for attempted murder.
On March 14 2018, Supreme Court of Appeal judge Justice Dunstain Mwaungulu released Kasambara on bail.
Kasambara has been out on bail for three years.
