Category: Judiciary
Aggrieved lawyers form organisation to defend civil rights in Zambia
Number of View: 113Lawyers aggrieved by the Patriotic Front type of governance have teamed up to form an organization named the Coalition for defence of democratic rights CDDR. The organization which is being spearheaded by Lusaka Lawyer Sakwiba Sikota and International Lawyer Robert Amsterdam is aimed at defending civil rights in Zambia and will operate [...]
Kitwe judge quashes poll petition against Kakoma
Number of View: 125Kitwe High Court Judge Judith Mulongoti has upheld the election of Charles Kakoma as Zambezi West Member of Parliament. In quashing the petition by losing Patriotic Front Zambezi West MP Christabel Ngimbu, Justice Mulongoti said the petitioner in the Zambezi Parliamentary elections failed to prove the allegations of corruption and electoral malpractices [...]
High Court to Rule in Chief Justice, Supreme Court Judge Case
Number of View: 89The Lusaka High Court will on September 14 rule whether or not Chief Justice Ernest Sakala and Supreme Court Judge, Peter Chitengi are to vacate their offices. Lusaka lawyer, John Sangwa, has petitioned Justice Sakala and Judge Chitengi to vacate their offices on grounds that they have already reached retirement age. Judge [...]
Harrington takes Dora to Supreme Court
Number of View: 67WILLIAM Harrington has appealed to the Supreme Court against the High Court’s decision to clear former communications minister Dora Siliya of breaching the Constitution as found by the judge Dennis Chirwa – chaired tribunal. According to the Post, this is in a matter where High Court judge Phillip Musonda said the tribunal [...]
CC dismayed by Task Force over Chiluba’s case
Number of View: 73The Committee of Citizens (CC) says it is disappointed with the manner Task Force Chairman Max Nkole has continued to mislead the nation over second Republican President Fredrick Chilubas judgment. The Committee of Citizens (CC) says it is disappointed with the manner Task Force Chairman Max Nkole has continued to mislead the [...]
Banda Seeks to Stamp His Authority
Number of View: 80Nairobi Zambia’s President Rupiah Banda, who must hold elections by 2011 after assuming power late last year following the death of Levi Mwanawasa, is finally stamping his authority on the copper-rich country. The signs were there this week in the acquittal of former president Frederick Chiluba, which looked like a repeat of [...]
Chiluba to demand restoration of his immunity
Number of View: 58Victorious at court, former president Fredrick Chiluba will now demand that his immunity from prosecution be restored. Chiluba’s immunity was lifted in 2003 by parliament to facilitate investigation and prosecution over alleged corruption during his tenure as president. We have been informed that Chiluba will demand that parliament in its next sitting [...]
Fredrick Chiluba acquitted
Number of View: 67Former Zambian president Fredrick Chiluba has been acquitted of all his charges. But his co-accused have been found guilty. Chiluba was facing six counts of theft of public funds involving US$500, 000. The court however dismissed the charges saying prosecution failed to prove the case. Full details coming but meantime Chiluba is [...]
RB confers State Counsel on 3 Lawyers
Number of View: 87Republican president Rupiah Banda has bestowed the status of State Counsel on opposition liberal party president Sakwika Sikota, new solicitor general Abydi Shonga and director of public prosecutions Chalwe Mchenga. Speaking Tuesday morning, when he conferred the status of state counsel on the trio and when he swore in Hilda Chibomba as [...]
Chiluba likely to avoid jail after corruption trial
Number of View: 90Frederick Chiluba, the former Zambian President, faces a possible jail term today when a court delivers its verdict after a six-year corruption trial designed to reassure foreign investors. In a ruling that is likely to reverberate across Africa, the court will announce whether he is guilty of stealing Treasury bills worth about [...]
