President Sata suspended Supreme Court Judge Philip Musonda, along with High Court judges Nigel Mutuna and Charles Kajimanga for allegedly improperly transferring a civil case in which state-run Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) had sued the Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito with his lawyer brother Nchima Nchito and private newspaper The Post owner, Fred Mmembe over an unpaid debt of K14 billion or US$2.5 million in their capacity as directors of defunct airline, Zambian Airways.
El presidente Sata suspendió al juez de la Suprema Corte Philip Musonda, junto con los jueces del Tribunal Superior Nigel Mutuna y Charles Kajimanga por presuntamente transferir indebidamente un caso civil en el que el estatal Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) (Banco de Desarrollo de Zambia) demandó al Director del Ministerio Público Mutembo Nchito junto a su hermano, el abogado Nchima Nchito, y al dueño del periódico privado The Post, Fred Mmembe por una deuda no saldada de 14 mil millones ZMK (2.5 millones USD) en su capacidad como directores de la difunta aerolínea, Zambian Airways.