Courts
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Chibombo resident wants ConCourt to declare 52 UPND seats vacantA Chibomo resident has petitioned the Constitutional Court asking it to declare 52 UPND seats vacant for shunning President Edgar Lungu’s State of the Nation address. In his petition filed in court today, Richard Mumba […]
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Court acquits Ruth Mbandu’s suspected killersLUSAKA High Court judge Chalwe M’chenga has acquitted two persons accused of murdering NIPA student Ruth Mbandu for lack of sufficient evidence. This is in a matter where Soma and Edward Siamandima were alleged to […]
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LAZ applies to join Post liquidation caseTHE Law Association of Zambia has applied to join proceedings in which five former Post Newspaper Limited employees and the Zambia Revenue Authority are seeking to liquidate the company. LAZ president Linda Kasonde stated in […]
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Magistrate dismisses contempt case against KazabuThe Lusaka Magistrate Court has discharged Luckson Kazabu who was last week detained for allegedly issuing death threats to a witness in a case where lawyer Martha Mushipe is charged with seditious practice. When the […]
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One year on, ‘unlawful drilling’ trial hasn’t commencedLUSAKA principal resident magistrate Mwaka Mikalile has issued a bench warrant against an arresting officer in a case where UPND vice president administration Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba and 19 others are in court for unlawful drilling. […]
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54 MPs drag Speaker to court for forcing them to apologiseFifty four UPND members of parliament want the Lusaka High Court’s declaration that the Speaker’s decision to reprimand and order them to apologize for boycotting Parliament was irregular, illegal and unreasonable. According to an affidavit […]
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Zambian pleads guilty to stealing at Old TraffordA Zambian, Mwila Bwanga, has pleaded guilty to stealing from a kiosk at Old Trafford, home of the Manchester United Football Club. According to a UK Sun story headlined SCUM UNITED, Mwila was in the […]
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UPND petition adjourned againThe UPND presidential petition has been adjourned to April 12. This is to Attorney General Likando Kalaluka an opportunity to respond to the UPND’s application to compel judge Mwila Chitabo to recuse himself on grounds […]
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UPND asks judge Chitabo to recuse himselfUPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and his vice Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba have filed a motion to compel Lusaka High Court judge Mwila Chitabo recuse himself from presiding over their presidential petition saying there is cause to […]
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Litunga impeachment case referred to ConCourtThe Lusaka High Court has today referred to the Constitutional Court, a matter in which three Lozi Indunas want Litunga Lubosi Imwiko II to vacate the throne for gross incompetence and abuse of authority. Judge […]
