Has Hon. Mulusa Become Unlucky?
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div Our republic can have no better politicians than the promise epitomised by young and educated leaders such as Hon. Lucky Mulusa. We are better and we will better as a...
View ArticleDennis Liwewe: A Full Zambian Life
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. We have lost a legend. A legend among us has left. A true Zambian icon has passed away. A great man has gone ahead of us. He was 78. He has gone to rest in eternal peace....
View ArticleA Phone Call From Hell: Absurdity of President Sata’s Threats Against Bishop...
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. It is sad. It is bizarre. It is chillingly baffling that a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church now becomes the latest victim of a menacing phone call from the president...
View ArticleProof and Punishment: Evidence Law in “General” Kanene’s Conviction
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Several judges of the High Court of Zambia have been quite consistent and clear with regard to the evidence the prosecution needs to provide when proving the age of a...
View ArticleKenya’s New Marriage Law: A Call to Critical Reflection
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. In a culture driven by headlines, our people mostly never take the time to read the fine print. Ours is a society, which ignores the body of any information in preference...
View ArticleOne Zambia, Many Vultures: Towards a More Humane Politics During Presidential...
By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The question is not really about whether President Sata is sick or not. The question is about how the nation and its political players should conduct themselves in...
View ArticleJustice Kenyatta Nyirenda of Malawi: Could his ruling shape Zambia’s 2016 vote?
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. There is no doubting that the 30th May “midnight” court ruling in Malawi has significant implications for Zambia. In 2016, Zambia is likely to face a somewhat contentious...
View ArticleOn Trinity Western University’s Law School
By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Trinity Western University is a Christian evangelical school located in the province of British Columbia (Canada). Students at TWU are asked to sign a community...
View ArticleMichael Sata’s Government of “Katwishi”
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The nights and days are very cold this month of June. But in spite of this, the leaders of this country did not spare our people in Mindolo another brunt exercise of...
View ArticleWhen a smuggler acts as President: Wynter Kabimba and his men from Kenya
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Personal sabotage should know its constraints. But just when you think that stuff cannot get any worse, that is when it usually does. It is one thing to make a small...
View ArticleWhen 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...
View ArticleMulenga Sata does satisfy the constitution to be presidential candidate in...
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. In the interest of state unity and national sanity, Vice-President Guy Lindsay Scott should either be fired or severely reprimanded so that he stops making statements...
View ArticleMumba 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...
View ArticleJudge Chali’s ruling in Brebner Changala v. Attorney General 2014
By Elias Munshya, M.Div., LLM (Candidate) Human Rights activist Brebner Changala sought leave of the High Court of Zambia to commence judicial review proceedings into the Zambian cabinet’s failure to...
View ArticleOn Facebook: President Sata and the absurdity of his rule through pictures
E. Munshya, M.Div., LLB (Hons) And then we all saw the pictures. They came 24 days after President Sata’s unannounced departure to Tel Aviv, Israel for a “working visit.” In the pictures taken with a...
View ArticleSplitting Lusaka into two: Leadership of hope for Zambia’s capital region
Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The City of Lusaka, as messy as it is, is still very strategic to the economic interests of our country. We must take great care of the hands that feed us. As a nation, we...
View ArticleShould 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...
View ArticleAssault 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...
View ArticleLimps 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...
View Article“Top Soil”: Chinsali and the making of the Zambian nation
Zambia at 50: Essays in honour of Zambia’s golden jubilee Between now and October 24 2014, Munshya wa Munshya column will be running special golden jubilee essays. The first one in these series is...
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