In a personal reflection published on Facebook, Mususu Kalenga praises Makebi Zulu’s character, intellect, and resilience, affirming his suitability for Zambia’s highest office.
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PF WARNS OF CONSTITUTIONAL BREAKDOWN AS PRESIDENT LUBINDA EXPELS MPS OVER BILL 7
In a decisive announcement, Honourable Given Lubinda declared the immediate and irreversible expulsion of all Patriotic Front Members of Parliament who supported Bill 7.
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JOHN SANGWA WARNS OF CONSTITUTIONAL COLLAPSE AFTER BILL 7 VOTE
“The Constitution is not self-enacting,” Sangwa said. “It requires people of integrity to respect it. What Bill 7 has exposed is a gap between what is written on paper and what is practised in reality.”
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A SPECTATOR’S VERDICT ON THE CHANDA–KATEKA EXCHANGE
By Brian Matambo | Lusaka, Zambia I sat down to read through the written exchange between Honorable Sunday Chilufya Chanda, Member of Parliament for Kanchibiya Constituency, and New Heritage Party President Madam Chishala Kateka. I know one side fairly well. When it comes to debate, especially written debate, Sunday Chanda is not a lightweight. He...
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MAKEBI ZULU SUES HH IN CONSTITUTION COURT
Patriotic Front Presidential Candidate and lawyer to the late Edgar Chagwa Lungu has launched a constitutional assault on President Hakainde Hichilema, filing a petition in the Constitutional Court that directly challenges the President’s conduct
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MPs AND THE SPEAKER CANNOT HIDE BEHIND PRIVILEGE WHEN A COURT ORDER EXISTS
Today’s political wind may shelter those responsible. Tomorrow’s will not. Court orders do not expire with administrations. Liability is personal, not partisan. And when the dust settles, the record will show who upheld the Constitution and who chose defiance presented as democracy.
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BILL 7 IS DEAD AS FAR AS THE LAW IS CONCERNED – BRIAN MUNDUBILE
Mundubile’s argument rested on the Constitutional Court ruling that invalidated the process leading to Bill 7. According to him, once the Court pronounced itself, the Bill ceased to exist. Yet the Speaker allowed it to be re-tabled, and a technical committee appointed by President Hakainde Hichilema went around the country carrying the same clauses under a different cover. For Mundubile, this was not consultation but an attempt to resuscitate the dead Bill 7.
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RECONCILIATION OR FACTION DEMANDS
Mundubile remains one of the party’s sharpest public communicators, but his comments suggest that the road to PF unity may be far more fragile than he admitted. If reconciliation becomes a euphemism for factional restoration, the PF risks repeating the same internal mistakes that pushed it into opposition.
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KALESHA APOLOGISES, BUT HH CAN’T
It was the President, after all, who first dismissed the clergy as political actors. It was the President who accused priests of hiding behind the Church. That wound still stands. No letter from a junior official can sanitise a presidential insult.
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THE LAW WILL FOLLOW MPS WHO WILL VOTE FOR BILL 7 FOR TREASON
Bill 7 is no longer a legislative proposal. It is a test of conscience, legality and national stability. MPs must understand that this vote will follow them long after today’s political alliances have dissolved.