By Staff Reporter
Politician and Comedian Bon Kalindo who has been leading a wave of government protests has been granted bail a week after his arrest. Senior resident magistrate Florence Msekandiana has granted bail to politician Bon Kalindo on illegal electricity connection charges.
In her ruling, Msekandiana shot down arguments by the state on several reasons among them that the state failed to show how the accused person would interfere with investigations when released on bail.
Kalindo was arrested last week and later remanded to Maula prison.He has been told to provide a 100 thousand Kwacha cash bond and provide two sureties among the bail conditions.
Electrician Symon Majamanda was also arrested over the issue and he has also been granted bail. Majamanda has been asked to pay a cash bond of K20, 000 and produce two non-cash sureties worth K250,000.
Kalindo was arrested on Tuesday last week and appeared before court on 27 January where he pleaded not guilty to the charge of tampering with electricity equipment as stipulated in the Electricity Act.
According to prosecutors, the charge Kalindo is facing attracts maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and five million kwacha fine.
