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By GRACE CHAILE

THE Attorney General has denied any illegality in the search and seizure of former Mines Minister, Richard Musukwa’s properties alleged to have been acquired through proceeds of crime.

Musukwa and his wife, Jenala Lungu, have sued the Attorney General in the Lusaka High Court, contending that the search and seizure of their properties by Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) was illegal.

In a petition filed in the Lusaka High Court, Mr Musukwa alleged that the combined team of officers from Zambia Police, the Office of the President and DEC seized 11 vehicles, a house, four decorative stones and his Maverick short Gun serial number MV0204615 caliber 12B.

They petitioned the High Court to declare illegal the said actions by the investigative wing.

Other petitioners include Ms Jacqueline Musukwa, Kumapili hotel Limited, Mwanangwa Resources Limited, Tachizya Company limited and Twenty-four seven stands by security limited.

But DEC senior investigations officer under the Anti-money laundering investigations unit, Mr Emmanuel Khondwe stated in a response to the petition that the officers searched and seized properties with the aid and authorisation of duly executed warrants.

“All entry, search and seizures were duly executed with warrants in the presence of advocates representing the petitioners Justice Sinkala of Messers. Chibeluka and Associates and Evans Muma the property manager. The warrant in the officer’s position was valid and was obtained from a court of competent jurisdiction,” he contended.

He said the reason for the seizure of the properties is to secure, preserve and protect them from any potential risk or tempering that would jeopardise the said investigations.

Mr Khondwe stated that depending on the outcome of the investigations, the properties would be either released or forfeited to the State.

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One of the lasting memories of the 2022 Uefa Women’s Euro is England’s Chloe Kelly celebrating her match-winning goal by taking her shirt off and running towards her teammates in sheer joy. It was seen as a significant and empowering moment for women’s sport as the image of a woman in her sports bra was a representation of skill and power, not an objectification of her body.

Fewer females may be diagnosed with autism due to misconceptions that autism is a male condition, new research has found.

There is growing evidence that peptide hormones from the gut have far-reaching effects on the whole organism. By binding to corresponding receptors in the brain, they can modulate food intake and alter metabolic parameters. However, the role of these peptide receptors in critical developmental phases has not yet been thoroughly investigated.

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), when applied in packages that combine a number of measures with complementary effects, were unequivocally effective in reducing the spread of infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, a major Royal Society report has found. NPIs are measures that are not drugs or vaccines aimed at reducing transmission of an infectious disease.

The death toll from an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease in Rzeszow, southeast Poland, has risen to five, local authorities said Thursday as they try to detect the contamination source.

A novel antibody-drug conjugate continues to demonstrate superior benefit for patients with HR+, HER2- metastatic breast cancer when compared to standard chemotherapy, according to a new study in The Lancet.

IT is good that the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has taken responsibility and apologised for the harassment of the country’s sixth President, Mr Edgar Lungu in Mambwe at the weekend.

That is the maturity that is expected of all political leaders, to take responsibility of any shortcomings or transgressions of their members instead of passing the buck.

UPND Spokesperson Cornellius Mweetwa yesterday made a public apology to the former president over the attacks and verbal abuse he went through over the weekend at the hands of their cadres when he attended the Malaila traditional ceremony of the Kunda people in Mambwe.

While some ministers and even the police have tried to downplay the incident as though it never happened, Mr Mweetwa has admitted that Mr Lungu was attacked by the UPND cadres.

He said the ruling party leadership is deeply sorry for the misconduct by individuals who represented themselves as UPND cadres despite not having the blessings of the party.

Mr Mweetwa said the UPND should be blamed for the unruly conduct of its cadres, stating: “We cannot blame anyone but us over their actions because the buck stops at us.”

Mr Mweetwa has demonstrated leadership that must be emulated across the political divide.  If anything, the onus is on the governing party to be an example on how to behave in a multi-party dispensation.

The UPND is now in the driving seat and whatever its foot soldiers do will reflect on the top leadership.

As Mr Mweetwa noted, the buck stops at the UPND for what transpired at the Malaila traditional ceremony is in the public domain that no one should defend.  Its leaders at the scene did not even make any attempt to dissuade the unruly cadres.

Confusion reigned at the Malaila traditional ceremony in Mambwe on Saturday after UPND cadres harassed Mr Lungu, broke chairs, tables and harangued onlookers in an attempt to eject him from the main arena.

The cadres emerged from the shadows soon after the former President arrived at the arena of the Malaila ceremony, shouting invectives and demanding that he should leave the traditional ceremony.

Eastern Province Minister Peter Phiri while confirming the attack claimed it was done by some unknown angry youths.

Inspector General of Police Graphael Musamba when told about the attacks on the former President described the assertions as nothing but an exaggerated rumour.

Yes, there could be bad blood between the country’s two biggest political parties, but that does not warrant unending violence.

According to Mr Mweetwa, he had received a call from one of the individuals from Malambo who informed him that the attack was some form of revenge for what President Hakainde Hichilema had gone through while in opposition.

He however said President Hichilema had forgiven former President Lungu for all the violence committed by the Patriotic Front while it was in power.

That spirit of forgiveness should trickle down to the foot soldiers for the nation needs to heal from the violent past and a traditional ceremony should be free of partisan politics.

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The social behavior of animals has been the key focus of extensive neuroscience and biomedical studies, as it is often aligned with behaviors observed in humans. Better understanding these behaviors and the neural processes underpinning them could ultimately also have implications for the treatment of different psychiatric disorders that affect how humans socialize with others.

Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a finding that could lead to earlier diagnosis and intervention, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (also called UT Health San Antonio) reported in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.