Witness tells court how Lusambo hacked him

A witness has testified in the Luanshya Magistrate court how Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo allegedly hacked him three times on the forehead and on the head using a machete.

Stanley Musukwa, 58, of 3947/27 Mpatamato Township told the court that as a result of the injury he sustained he has since lost sight in the left eye.

This is in the case in which Lusambo is charged with two counts of unlawful wounding and assault occasioning bodily harm contrary to Section 248 Chapter 87 of the Laws of Zambia.

Lusambo is alleged to have assaulted two members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party Stanley Musukwa and Mary Musonda respectively on April 11, 2019.

Musukwa testified that at the time, he was NDC Vice Chairperson of administration and was in the company of six others, returning from delivering food to his party agents in Roan constituency by-election on April 11, 2019 when he met his fate around 04:00 hours in Section 27.

He narrated that his team was aboard a Toyota Hilux when a Toyota Corolla, a blue big car and a canter blocked the road prompting the driver of his car to starting hooting for the cars to clear the way when six people including the accused person approached the car he was in.

He told the court that Lusambo got into an argument with one of the occupants of the car Obedi Chompo, and when he jumped out of the van to see what was going on, two people held him and started beating him using fists and kicks before Lusambo approached with a machete and struck him on the head twice and once on the forehead affecting his left eye.

Musukwa told the court that he sustained two deep cuts on the head on deep cut on the forehead and a dislocated pupil which were recorded in the medical report which he submitted as evidence in court.

He further testified that as a result of the beating, he was admitted to the hospital on two occasions and had to undergo surgery on the head.

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