By Darius Choonya
Jailed former Lumezi Member of Parliament, Munir Zulu, has asked the Lusaka High Court to order the State to stop what he calls humiliating and degrading treatment against him and to allow him access to móney while in prison.
He was recently jailed by the Lusaka Magistrates Court to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour on charges of libel.
In his petition, Zulu has cited the Attorney General, the Commissioner General of Prisons, and the Officer-in-Charge at Mwembeshi Correctional Facility as first, second, and third respondents, respectively.
He claims that during his stay at Mwembeshi, he has been deprived of móney given to him by visitors.
According to him, this has led correctional officers to strip him nak£d in front of other inmates, search his body, and open his prívate párts to ensure he is not hiding móney with the latest of such incident occurring between 7 and 13 September, 2025.
He argues that their actions have subjected him to ridicule among fellow inmates and even exposed him to s£xual advances.
As relief, Zulu is seeking a declaration that being stripped nak£d and searched in front of inmates violates his constitutional rights to protection from inhuman treatment and to personal privacy, as provided under Articles 11, 15, and 17(1).
He is further asking the court to declare that denying him access to or possession of money contravenes Article 16(1) of the Constitution, which guarantees protection from deprivation of property.
The respondents have not yet filed their responses.
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