When Mwalongo Chichoro, who is serving a life sentence for defiling a child, appeared in court last week, he seemed optimistic that he would be set free or at least have his sentence reduced following his petition seeking resentencing.
However, that was not to be as the High Court dismissed his request, which had been anchored on a 2017 Supreme Court decision on the now famous Francis Muruatetu case, saying it did not have jurisdiction to resentence Chichoro.
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