Lusaka Town Clerk Alex Mwansa and Acting Director of Public Health Edgar Mulwanda have been set free from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) Vs Lusaka City (LCC) Council garbage case.

ZEMA last month jointly charged Lusaka City Council Town Clerk and his director of public health Mr. Mulwanda with two counts of failure to manage waste in Misisi and Kanyama and another two counts of failure to comply with site restoration orders.

This followed recent orders which the Zambia Environmental Management Agency had issued for LCC to comply with restoration orders on some selected sites in Lusaka.

The duo was set free when the case come up for ruling before Resident Magistrate Felix Kaoma at the Subordinate Courts in Lusaka today.

Magistrate Kaoma in his ruling set the two office bearers free on the basis that the charge against them by ZEMA was defective in that the duo was not included in the initial Complaint lodged before the court.

Magistrate Kaoma observed that the complaint lodged before the court did not contain the names or the charges against the duo.

Therefore, Magistrate Kaoma upheld the application by the advocates of the duo as they were wrongly summoned before the court as Mr. Mwansa and Mr. Mulwanda walked to freedom.

The duo was represented by Jeah Madaika of J&M Associates of Lusaka and LCC Director of Legal Services Bibiana Bulaya.

This is contained in a statement issued to Money FM News by LCC Public Relations Manager George Sichimba.