While Kasambara got bail his co-defendants Pika Manondo and MacDonald Kumwembe did not and are still serving their 15-year sentences on the same charge...
His two accomplices Pika Manondo and Macdonald Kumwembe were convicted of attempted murder...
His co-accused Pika Manondo and former soldier Macdonald Kumwembe were each gaoled for eleven years for conspiracy to murder and a further 15 years for attempted murder...
Kasambara and two others business associate Pika Manondo and former soldier Macdonald Kumwembe were convicted of conspiracy to murder National Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo on 13 September 2013 and the last two of attempted murder (AC Vol 54 No 21 Shooting triggers reshuffle)...
He had a reputation for hanging out with disreputable types on the criminal fringes of whom his co-accused in the trial over the attack on Mphwiyo Macdonald Kumwembe and Pika Manondo were prime examples (see Feature Unending flow of Cashgate)...
One of two key suspects in the shooting of Mphwiyo ex-soldier Macdonald Kumwembe has called the former President as a witness...