PF owes K37m in election petition legal fees

THE Patriotic Front owes about K37 million in legal fees for the ongoing parliamentary and local government petitions. Affected lawyers have alleged that Mporokoso PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile, who is also chairperson of the legal affairs committee, was given the said money but has not yet paid about 20 law firms despite continued requests. But Mundubile has denied the allegations, further wondering why the lawyers want to embarrass the party by bringing internal matters to the media. Some of the lawyers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told News Diggers that they had been pushing for their money for about a month now without any luck. They disclosed that a meeting chaired by Mundubile last week resolved that...