Kabwe Principal Resident Magistrate, John Mbuzi has acquitted a Kapiri couple of charges of practicing same sex marriage.
Philip Mubiana an hair dresser and James Mwape, a brick-layer have been acquitted amid jubilation from relatives and friends.
Our staffer Naomi Ng’andu reports from Kapiri Mposhi that some Kapiri youths had earlier thronged the Kapiri Magistrates Court denouncing those advocating for gay rights.
Some diplomats were also in attendance in court as Magistrtate Mbuzi delivered judgment.