Mundubile, Zulu Bail Application Adjourned To November 16

by Pauline Ngozoh

The Lusaka High Court has adjourned the bail application by Mr. Brian Mundubile and Mr. Makebi Zulu to Monday, November 16, 2026, after giving directions for written submissions on a preliminary issue the State intends to raise.

When the matter came up on Monday 9th November 2026, the Learned Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Gilbert A. Phiri, SC, indicated that the State would raise a preliminary issue before the substantive bail application could be heard.

Counsel for the applicants objected on the ground that they had received no prior notice of the intended preliminary issue.

The DPP, however, countered that preliminary issues in criminal proceedings could be raised orally and that the State was on firm ground.

In granting the Applicants' subsequent application for adjournment, the Court directed the State to file and serve a written preliminary issue on or before November 10, 2026. The applicants were given two days to file and serve their response, with the State's right of reply exercisable on November 13.

The substantive bail application is before a three-judge bench presided over by Justice Geoffrey Mulenga and it remains pending until Monday, November 16, 2026.

Mr. Mundubile and Mr. Zulu remain in custody.