The Lusaka Magistrates Court has sentenced two witch doctors to 24 months in prison for attempting to bewitch President Hakainde Hichilema. In delivering the sentence, Magistrate Mayambu acknowledged that the two were first-time offenders, which ordinarily warrants leniency. He said if the mission was successful, the President could have died within five days as the court heard during trial. Magistrates Mayambu said the offence in issue may not be prevalent but the motive was to kill the President. “Anything to do with the President was of public interest and therefore the convicts were not only enemies of the President but of the entire country,” Magistrate Mayambu said.