Lewanika and Others v Chiluba (1998): The most significant court ruling in...
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Zambia has seen no court case full of stuff only fit for reality TV than the case of Lewanika & Others v Chiluba (1998). Mention it. And you would most probably find...
View ArticleSacking 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...
View ArticleChallenges, weaknesses, and lapses: Beyond the sacking of Wynter Kabimba
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. In the 50 years of our independence, what really sets us apart as a people is the ability to reflect on issues after we have done our celebrations. Perhaps, after we...
View ArticleFall of Kaunda’s UNIP: Zambia’s 50-year lesson in power and politics
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Many have eloquently told the powerful story of the founding of the United National Independence Party (UNIP). I should not retell that story here. My concern now is to...
View ArticleChikwanda’s other bombshell conversation with Edgar Lungu
Chikwanda and Lungu You’ve all read the wiretap story from The Post about Chikwanda having a conversation with The Post’s employee. I also wiretapped Chikwanda. This time he was talking to Acting...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBwezani Nafuti: Should Dr. Rupiah Banda return to active politics?
E. Munshya, LLB, M.Div. Dr. Rupiah Banda has all the reasons in the whole world to be angry and to be outraged at the way the party that defeated him in the 2011 polls is handling national affairs. The...
View ArticleOne Zambia One Nation: The need for a new narrative
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. President Kenneth Kaunda and King Mwanawina III After 50 years of independence there is need for Zambians to begin reimagining the myth of their nation. The story of our...
View ArticleZambia at 50: A tribute to a resilient nation
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. President Sata in Church As Zambia celebrates her fifty years as an independent nation, there is a great temptation to only look at the good events that have shaped the...
View ArticleFrom “Pastor Changwe” to “Belinda nafwa”: 50 years of the music that defined...
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. A discussion must be had about the role that Zambian music has played in the making of our nation for the past fifty years. There is great wisdom in the saying that...
View ArticleAfter the Cobra: What does the law say about Vice-President Guy Scott?
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Guy Lindsay Scott The President of the Republic of Zambia, Michael Chilufya Sata has died. He died in a London hospital on 28 October 2014. Sata died the same week that...
View ArticleThe Cobra Who Charmed a Nation: The Life and Times of Michael Chilufya Sata
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. President Sata with President Kenneth Kaunda Michael Chilufya did not have one life. He had many lives. His relatively long life, by Zambian standards, where life...
View ArticleAnswering Misheck Shulumanda on the question of Guy Scott and treason
A gentleman by the name of Micheck Shulumanda has asked a few questions over the propriety of Guy Scott acting as president. He is challenging the use of Article 38 instead of Article 39 when deciding...
View ArticleThere’s a lot more to Zambia’s new president than his whiteness
Elias Munshya, LLB (Hons), MA., M.Div.:There’s a lot more to Zambia’s Guy Lindsay Scott Originally posted on Quartz: Zambia has always been one of the least reported-on countries in the international...
View ArticleExclusive: Edgar Lungu’s response to Guy Scott
RE; PURPORTED SUSPENSION IS ILLEGAL AND HIGHLY PROVOCATIVE UNDER THE PARTY CONSTITUTION AND UNDER THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES OF NATIONAL MOURNING I have learnt with deep regret the illegal and...
View ArticleGrieving the Cobra: Mourning President Michael Chilufya Sata
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Michael Chilufya Sata The passing of President Sata has been devastating to the nation. But while the nation mourns, we should never forget that the President was a...
View ArticleMMD Adopts Nevers Mumba for upcoming presidential by-election
This is a statement issued by the MMD Secretariat and Media Team today, November 16 2014 Nevers Sekwila Mumba The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has unanimously adopted MMD President Dr Nevers...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Dr. Christine Mwelwa Kaseba
Kuli ba Mama Kaseba: Intanshi mutende! Before I proceed any further, let me state out-rightly what this letter is not about. As a person who strongly believes in women’s rights, I must commend your...
View ArticleRupiah Banda should form his own party and stop “ubuloshi”
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Nevers Sekwila Mumba If RB wants to stand, it would be great for the likes of Mulusa and RB to form the Movement for Bwezani and Mulusa (MBM) so that they can field RB....
View ArticleA Great Man Who Died “Empty”: Tribute to Dr. Myles Munroe (1954-2014)
E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The news came as a shock to me. Like most deaths, the passing of Dr. Myles Munroe was completely unexpected. He was flying to a meeting he was hosting in The Bahamas when...
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