• Malole Member of Parliament has been arrested for Theft of Motor vehicle contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
• The MP, allegedly decided to sell the said vehicle to a man only identified as Musakanya of Lusaka at K60, 000.
• The actual value of the motor vehicle is said to be K449, 000
Police have charged and arrested Malole Member of Parliament for the offence of Theft of Motor vehicle contrary to the Laws of Zambia.
Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale told Money FM News that Robert Kayela Kalimi aged 53 of Silverest area in Lusaka is alleged to have sold the motor vehicle, VW GTI Golf registration number BCC 6524 belonging to a woman only identified as Kitenge of Ndola.
Mr. Mwale explained that the motor vehicle was given to the suspect after an agreement with the brother to the complainant for temporal use only as he was working on the suspect’s vehicle which was involved in a Road Traffic Accident last year.
“The MP, allegedly decided to sell the said vehicle to a man only identified as Musakanya of Lusaka at K60, 000. The actual value of the motor vehicle is said to be K449, 000,” he said.
“The matter was reported to Police by the complainant and immediately investigations were instituted which led to the recovery of the vehicle from Mr. Musakanya who after interrogations disclosed that he bought the vehicle from Honourable Kalimi in March this year,” he stated.
Mr. Mwale said the suspect is detained in Police custody awaiting court appearance.
