Zambian Socialite Mutale Mwanza has been dragged to court for allegedly traumatising a University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Medical Doctor Natasha Mulenga while carrying a firearm.
The incident which happened on November 5, 2023, has left the complainant in extreme trauma.
In a statement of claim filed at the Lusaka High Court Registry, Dr. Mulenga says on the said date while driving home she found a broken-down vehicle in Chainda area with traffic building behind it.
Dr. Mulenga says she then decided to keep to her lane and pass the scene in order for the built-up traffic to flow but before her vehicle passed the broken-down vehicle, Ms. Mwanza had started flashing her lights at the doctor’s vehicle and decided to bypass the broken-down vehicle, joining her lane.
Dr. Mulenga says upon Ms. Mwanza blocking her vehicle, she proceeded to disembark from her vehicle, with a firearm in her right hand and approached Dr. Mulenga’s vehicle, shouting at her and banging on her vehicle.
Arising from that, Dr. Mulenga says she suffered extreme trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe anxiety, physiological distress, sleep disorder, experienced recurring nightmares about the event and gastrointestinal upset.
Dr. Mulenga is now claiming among other reliefs damages for assault.
By Darius Choonya