CHOMBA MUSIKA
Lusaka
A LAWYER is seeking compensation for mental torture, stress and anguish after law enforcers detained him and his children for two hours and 25 minutes for driving a car with a foreign-registered number.Joseph Chirwa complains of being detained at the Chongwe Toll Gate by National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) officers who interrogated him for driving a Nissan Navara with a Malawian number plate.
Mr Chirwa, of Joseph Chirwa and Company, now seeks damages, with interest, for false imprisonment and inconvenience.
He submits that NRFA, which he cites as defendant, is a government agency mandated to oversee and manage collection of toll fees on all roads in Zambia.
“The plaintiff (Mr Chirwa) will aver that on November 23, 2024, he embarked on a journey in the company of his children to his farm in Chongwe District.”…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home
