Update: Lima MP Kelvin Kaunda moved to Mwembeshi remand, applies for bail after nearly a week in police custody

Lima Member of Parliament Kelvin Kaunda has been moved from Lubwa Police Post to Mwembeshi Remand, the Zambia Correctional Service has confirmed, and he has applied for bail. His lawyer, Emmanuel Kaluba, says he went to Mwembeshi and was denied access to his client. Correctional Service spokesperson Superintendent Cornelius Mwanza confirmed the transfer, saying: "He is at Mwembeshi Remand." On Monday, Mr Kaluba had told reporters that police had moved Mr Kaunda from Lubwa, where he was being held pending police bond, to a place he could not yet identify. He said no reasons had been given for the move. The defence had asked for police bond. In an affidavit supporting his bail application, Mr Kaunda says he has been held at Lubwa Police Station since 15 October without being brought before a court. He argues that the offence is bailable and that he is not a flight risk because he has a fixed residential address in Lusaka. He offers traceable sureties and says he will obey any conditions the court sets and will not interfere with witnesses. His lawyers say the law requires police to bring an arrested person before a court within 24 hours or, where that is not practicable, to consider releasing the person on bond, and they cite Section 33 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Mr Kaunda, 44, is the Member of Parliament for Lima Constituency and belongs to the National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity. Police spokesperson Chipo Kaitisha said he was formally arrested and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm under Section 248 of the Penal Code. Police say Anthony Mwamba, 26, of Soweto Compound, reported that Mr Kaunda assaulted him on the evening of 7 August 2026 on Zingalume Road in Lusaka during campaign roadshows, using stones and fists, and that Mr Mwamba suffered a deep cut on the forehead and a swollen upper lip. Mr Kaunda has not been convicted and the allegation has not been tested in court. He was arrested shortly after the Lusaka High Cou