According to Police spokesperson, Diamond Likashi the two men are currently in police custody awaiting charge, adding that ‘we are still doing investigations so that we can easily prove when the case is taken to court‘.
Dr Mannasseh Phiri, a sexual health activist however says Zambia needs to revisit the law on homos@xuality saying,
‘there’s no law in Zambia that criminalises homos@xuality. The law that’s there, which was left by our colonial masters who themselves have legalized same s@x marriages, talks about carnal knowledge against the order of nature. We have had people accused of homos@xuality but they have walked to freedom because it’s difficult to prove’.Zambia currently frowns upon same-s@x relationships and anyone found guilty of “carnal knowledge against the law of nature” can be jailed for up to 15 years.
