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When a Vice-President works in the dark: Guy Scott and the vacuum from Tel Aviv
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div Guy Lindsay Scott Never in the short history of our republic have we had a vice-president who is as marginalised as Guy Lindsay Scott. Effectively, this Patriotic Front...
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Mumba Malila: A Supreme Court Justice for our time
By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. At the age of 50, newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Mumba Malila is one of the youngest Zambians to have ascended to the apex of our courts. We should heartily...
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Should Zambian MPs get a salary increase?
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons). M.Div. Some Members of Parliament (MPs) are demanding for a pay increase. And our people are quite justified in their outrage. This is even sincerer since there is an assumption...
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Assault on liberty: Why Immigration Zambia was wrong to raid churches
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div The Zambian state has a legitimate interest in enforcing the law. The state is well within its powers to try and apply immigration laws. Those who are in our country...
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Limps of hope: Hon. Chilangwa, stigma and hope for Zambians living with...
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. There is no evidence to suggest that Nevers Mumba had, two weeks ago, approved of the action by MMD party cadres to sing lyrics mocking the disability of Hon. Nickson...
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Sacking Wynter Kabimba: Implications for Sata’s presidency
By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. When Wynter Kabimba got implicated in the oil scandal in 2012, we called upon President Sata to suspend him so that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) could freely...
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The King of Zambia: Mwanawina III and the making of a new nation
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. This republic we now call Zambia is a product of several currents. As we celebrate 50 years of its existence we must look at all the stories that could help us navigate...
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Hakainde Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the Politics of Contrasts and Comparisons
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The campaign time has come in earnest. It seems all the parties now have a general idea of who is going to be their presidential candidate. It is game on. Without being...
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Guy Scott must resign: Here is why
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. There is no legal framework upon which cabinet could fire Guy Lindsay Scott as Acting President of the Republic of Zambia. Guy Scott can only be fired if a question...
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Zambian Presidential Elections Results Current Update
Note: These are full constituency results from the few constituencies collated so far. We are using the following sources: The Post Newspaper, Flava FM and Radio Mano. We are only using those...
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No Creativity, No Imagination: My reflections on President Lungu’s cabinet
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. President Lungu For someone who took almost three weeks to announce the cabinet, it is rather surprising that this cabinet has very few surprises. Unprecedented in the...
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Indecent Discretion: Why Nchito’s “nolle” defies both law and common sense
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. As a constitutional democracy, our republic must be led and controlled by both the written constitution and the unwritten spirit of constitutionalism. It would be...
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Wrong General?: Linda Kasonde’s opposition to appointment of Likando Kalaluka...
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. President Lungu in exercise of his power has appointed a Mr. Likando Kalaluka as Attorney General of the Republic of Zambia subject to parliamentary ratification. This...
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Liberty Defiled: President Lungu must stop police from invading church services
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The wisdom of the ages is strikingly clear. According to Pope Celestine I, “we are deservedly to blame if we encourage error by silence.” The manifestation of tyranny is...
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A Post-Africanist view on South African Xenophobia
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Truth is the greatest antidote to error. The pain of truth is far more desirable than the comfort of lies and deception. It is better to build a continent or nations on a...
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Converting 1 Million Baptisms Into Votes: An analysis of the political...
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. We all must congratulate the Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Zambia for its one-millionth baptism. Since its establishment in Zambia, the church baptized its...
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From Kasonde to Kafwaya: Debunking the myth that “old people” rule Zambia
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Munshya wa Munshya The honorable Dr. Joseph Kasonde was born in 1938, his youngest counterpart in the legislature, Hon. Dawson Kafwaya, was only born in 1984. Between...
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One Zambia One Kapokola: Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the defence of democratic...
E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Hakainde Hichilema can be quite upsetting sometimes. Just when President Lungu is trying to settle in his presidency, there appears Hakainde Hichilema making it difficult for...
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Ntambalukuta, Please Pray For Us: An open letter to Kenneth David Kaunda
E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Kuli ba Kaunda, Intanshi mutende! Kenneth David Kaunda Thank you for the speech you gave on Africa Freedom Day, 25 May 2015. On that day, the president of our republic, Edgar...
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Mothers’ Rights: Women, the Law and culture when obtaining National...
E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. There have been reports that single mothers are having a hard time obtaining National Registration Cards (NRCs) for their children due to the demands by some registration...
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