During my courtesy call on Her Excellency Dorothy Hyuha, Uganda’s High Commissioner to Australia, we had a productive discussion on … More
Category: Political Theology
ICRC Director-General Meets with Canberra’s Diplomatic Corps
As the High Commissioner for Zambia in Australia, I recently had the privilege of attending a briefing by Robert Mardini, … More
AMB. DR. ELIAS MUNSHYA’S REMARKS ON GHANA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY
On this special day, we celebrate Ghana’s independence anniversary and commemorate the bravery and sacrifices of the Ghanaian people who … More
Milingo Lungu v. AG – Documents filed in the Constitutional Court April 19, 2022
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TVBAKWETU: The story of our involvement in the victory of the new dawn revolution
By Elias Munshya Where history is written by the victors, or rather, by a section of the victors, it becomes … More
Lawyers Accounts and Money Laundering: Has LAZ Failed to Regulate and Discipline Its Members?
By Elias Munshya The most critical issue right now regarding lawyer regulation in Zambia is not about whether some lawyers … More
Inside Edgar Lungu’s “Kelenka Debt Swap”
By Elias Munshya Just days before the general elections, the Patriotic Front government has suddenly got a brilliant idea. They … More
Citizenship and the Myth of Indigeneity in Congo, Zambia, Malawi and Beyond
by Elias Munshya A proposal is currently making its way through the Democratic Republic of Congo’s national assembly to change … More
The Malawian who Ruled Zambia: The Times and Life of Kenneth David Buchizya Kaunda
by Elias Munshya The Letter to Malawi One morning in 1972, that is at least ten years in power, first … More
There are no two sides to the electoral violence in Lusaka and beyond
By Elias Munshya Those who abuse power usually shift blame to the victims. Even as it is biting off your … More
MUNSHYA v. THE COUNCIL OF ZIALE
On Costs.
Zambian Kalindula and Traditional Music: My Top 15 Songs
Zambian Kalindula and Traditional Music: My Top 15 Songs By Elias Munshya I will highlight these top 15 songs in … More
Matomola Likwanya Is A Political Prisoner and Must be Freed
by Elias Munshya When President Lungu paraded the police command at a press conference informing us that the police is … More
The Freedom Struggle and the Aftermath: Sophena Chisembele’s book on the personal story of Sylvester Mwamba Chisembele
By Elias Munshya In the book Zambia: The freedom struggle and the aftermath, Mrs Sophena Chisembele chronicles the personal story … More
“Muka Muchona” and “Na Musonda”: Women, chastity and faithfulness in Kalindula music
By Elias Munshya In Muka Muchona, legendary Zambian singer and musician Peter Tsotsi Juma paints a picture of a woman … More
APOLOGY: TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
By Elias Munshya I wish to apologize to everyone who was offended when I posted that President Magufuli had died … More
Towards the Philosophy of Interpreting the Zambian Constitution – Given the grade 12 requirement
By Elias Munshya The state has access to all the resources one could ever think of when drafting a constitution. … More
A Tribute to Bernard Mulopo Mulubwa of Milenge (1914 to 2016)
By Elias Munshya Bernard Mulopo Mulubwa was born on May 13, 1914. He died on March 12, 2016. Friday, March … More
DANNY PULE AND OTHERS V. ATTORNEY GENERAL CASE (DOWNLOAD)
Please download the Danny Pule case below: Thank you: Elias Munshya
THE POLICE RAID ON SHIBUYUNJI
By Elias Munshya With his mouth dripping with poisoned mustard, it should not have taken rocket science to know that … More
Ukufutikila: Towards A Pentecostal Theology Of Healing During Zambia’s COVID-19 Pandemic
By Elias Munshya In the early years of the Pentecostal movement – particularly the one under the US-styled prosperity preachers’ … More
How A Revivalist And Renewal Zambian Faith Became A Faith Of Chief Bishops And Anointed Water
By Elias Munshya The rise of Pentecostalism in Zambia marked a massive shift in the religious landscape of the country. … More
MADE IN NYASALAND: THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF MALAWIAN DIASPORA IN ZAMBIA
By ELIAS MUNSHYA Of Zambia’s 8 ( or 9) neighbors, no country has had more economic, religious, educational, political, and … More
Police Shootings and the Failing Presidency of Edgar Chagwa Lungu
By Elias Munshya On December 23, 2020, the nation was awakened to the horror of two murders that had just … More
HOW MANY ZAMBIANS ARE NRC CRIMINALS? wELL THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
If Zambia prosecuted all NRC offences nearly the whole country will be in jail from the President to everyone of … More
Nevers Mumba’s Week from Hell and the Negligence of the PF Government
By Elias Munshya Isn’t it the case? That the Patriotic Front government tries to insist that President Lungu should be … More
ZAMBIA – THANK YOU!
The Electoral Confusion of Zambia: What Zambia’s Elections Body Must Do To Inspire Confidence
By Elias Munshya The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has a very fancy and lofty leader in Justice Esau Chulu. … More
The Patriotic Front Government Should Stop Abusing Police Powers In Zambia
By Elias Munshya Power is easy to abuse. There is this sense endemic in those who wield guns and bombs … More
The Failure of the Parastatal Economic Model in Zambia
by Elias Munshya There is definitely a series of stories that can be told about President Frederick Chiluba’s privatisation program. … More
Stop the Privatization Talk, It Will Not Help the Zambian Economy
By Elias Munshya When you are broke as a country, it matters where you are directing your energies and efforts. … More
Christianity, Campaigns, and the Politics of God’s Choice
by Elias Munshya Never have we, and neither should we, object to the Honourable Minister of Religious Affairs Rev. Godfridah … More
WHEN THE COMMANDER GOES ROGUE: PRESIDENT LUNGU, ACC, AND THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
By Elias Munshya President Lungu’s trip to the Copperbelt this last weekend did not just end up spreading COVID-19 to … More
Dr. Chisela Chileshe Should Resign or Be Fired
By Elias Munshya This past weekend His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zambia Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, flew … More
President Lazarus Chakwera And the Opportunities of A Pentecostal Political Theology
By Elias Munshya Malawian Pentecostals must be very proud of themselves. They have managed to get one of them to … More
Insults under zambian law – should the police arrest people for insulting others? (video)
Why Does the PF Want to Take Over CEC?
By Elias Munshya Our concern for the viability of our country is what drives us. It is never to be … More
Towards A Post-Africanist Renewal
By Elias Munshya Pan-Africanism has serious deficits, as a philosophy for the African. It has so far failed to help … More
Blood in Isoka: The continuing failure of Edgar Lungu’s leadership
By Elias Munshya Honourable Dora Siliya, the minister of information and broadcasting, issued a statement on May 17, 2020, condemning … More
COVID-19 and the Performances for the Camera In Zambia
By Elias Munshya The two government ministers, based on their performance when announcing the COVID-19 deaths, seem to have acted … More
Writing to Pass: My Dissertation Advice to Law Students
By Elias Munshya Occasionally, law students from Zambian law schools do contact me for some “dissertation ideas”. Some find our … More
The Nakachinda Parliamentary Committee Report on Bill 10
Disclaimer: Elias Munshya and Munshya Law are not responsible for any inaccuracies of this draft report. This is a draft … More
Zambia is a Christian Nation and a Multi-Religious Nation
By Elias Munshya The commotion over Bill 10’s proposal to Christianise the Zambian constitution is in my opinion, wholly unnecessary … More
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Zambian Pentecostal Leaders Must Speak Up Against Bill 10: Here is Why
The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Bill 10) appears to have some footprints of the Pentecostal mindset in so … More
Zambia’s Bill 10: Why aren’t Pentecostal church leaders speaking up?
By Elias Munshya Bill 10 proposes to abolish the multi-religious character of the Republic of Zambia that is enshrined in … More
The Johannesburg High Court’s KCM Ruling Embarrasses The Zambian Judiciary and All of Us
By Elias Munshya Zambia has excellent legal minds. It has exceptional jurists. However, there is something fundamentally problematic within the … More
The Mafia in Charge: Is there collusion to undermine the rule of law in KCM’s liquidation?
By Elias Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. It is strange that ZCCM-IH went ex-parte to the Lusaka High Court to apply … More
Hope for Aunty Dizzy: Zambia’s minister of finance needs immediate access to addiction treatment
By Elias Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. President Lungu knows or ought to know, that Honorable Margaret Mwanakatwe MP is struggling … More
“Impumba Mukowa”: Our analysis of GBM’s resignation from the UPND and his tribal ideology
By Elias Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. She who comes to tribalism must come with pure tribal hands. You cannot be … More
The Law Association of Zambia’s Statement on President Lungu’s eSwatini Land Gift
This is the media statement issued by the Law Association of Zambia The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has followed … More
The Nunes Memo: laughing at the end of the empire?
President Trump has declassified the Nunes’ Memo. Please find it below. Download it read it and let us know what … More
On Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Legal Profession: My response to Jennifer Quito
By Elias Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) is now requiring that its licensed lawyers … More
On Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Why I am defending Magistrate Mwelwa of Livingstone
By Elias Munshya, LLM. MBA, MDIV. A lot has been said about this case. I will try to make it … More
I Wrote the Chief Justice of Zambia: Here is why
I wrote because I believe in Zambia. I wrote because those who claim to hold dear the rule … More
Mumba Yachi of Mokambo: Zambia’s lost citizens and what they can do about it
E. Munshya, LLM. MBA, M.DIV. We really do not know all the facts surrounding Mr. Mumba Yachi’s arrest. From the … More
Mumba Yachi, Lenshina and the Continuing Challenges of Zambian Citizenship
E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. In Chiwempala It was a bright sunny Chiwempala morning in 1992. Some looked extremely old, … More
Here is Why I am Questioning President Lungu’s Motives for Declaring an Emergency in Zambia
E. Munshya, LLB, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. When a president declares a state of emergency, or as we are now calling … More
When the State Becomes a False Prophet: How Rev. Sumaili’s views threaten Zambia’s constitutionalism
E. Munshya, LLB, LLM, MBA, MDIV. Zambia’s minister of religious affairs and national guidance, the Honourable Reverend Godfridah Sumaili spoke … More
Resisting The Lungu Dictatorship: Drop Hichilema’s treason charge and fire Zambia Police boss Kanganja
By Elias Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. Dictatorships rise not by the deliberate acts of its perpetrators, but by the silent … More
Regulating Lawyers In Zambia: principles and practice
By Elias Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. Professional regulation of lawyers must be undergirded by several principles. First, the legal profession … More
Does the Law Association of Zambia Act (CAP 31) Over-Politicize Zambia’s Legal Profession?
By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, M.DIV. Now that the Zambian parliament could be debating ways to revamp the way lawyers … More
Hon. Kelvin Sampa’s Law Societies Bill (2017): The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
By Elias Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. I commend parliament for considering changes to the Law Association of Zambia Act (LAZ … More
Statutory Recognition of Customary Marriages In Zambia: Reforming colonial marriage laws
By Elias Munshya, BA, MA, MA, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. It is a little more complex than I explain in this … More
Liberty In Sorrow: Zambia should investigate Iglesia Ni Cristo stampede but unban the church
By Elias Munshya, BA, LLB, MA, MA, LLM, MBA, MDIV. March 6, 2017 was a sad day for Zambia. … More
Lungowe and Others v. KCM: an access to justice analysis in Zambia
E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV. Chingola resident Dominic Liswaniso Lungowe and several other colleagues of his have sued both Konkola … More
Why the Zambia Police Command should reverse its ban on foreign spouses
E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV. It is rather shocking, and very surprising that the Zambia Police command has now banned … More
When “Icishimba” Goes Rogue: Dr. Kambwili and the future of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF)
E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. Even if President Lungu were to turn water into wine, there is just no way … More
Review of the Zambian Supreme Court’s Decision in Folayinka Esan v Attorney General (2016)
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV. The Zambian state daily exercises power over the population in various ways. However, the … More
President Edgar Lungu is Not Eligible to Stand in 2021: Here is why
By Elias Munshya & Michael Chishala “A person who has twice held office as President,” states Article 106(3) of Zambia’s Constitution … More
The Law Association of Zambia: My proposals for reform
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV. Change must come to the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ). LAZ in its current … More
Amos Chanda, Judges and the Challenge of Reforming the Law Association of Zambia
E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. Words alleged to have come out of Mr. Amos Chanda’s mouth concerning the judiciary were … More
Luo Falls in Munali: My analysis of Justice Musona’s ruling in Mwamba v Nkandu Luo (2016)
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV. Justice E. L. Musona on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 delivered his ruling in the … More
Amending the Zambian constitution should not be done in the dark
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV (of the Alberta Bar) The 2016 amendments of the 1991 constitution of Zambia need … More
Organising the Law: Towards a theory of legal presumptions in the common law
By E. Munshya, LLB, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. The law, like life itself, is not an exact science. Or perhaps we … More
Zambia’s Constitutional Court Must Assume Concurrent Jurisdiction over the Bill of Rights: Here is why
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV Where should Zambians go to enforce the Bill of Rights? Should it be the … More
The Philosophy of Judicial Reasoning: Making sense of Zambian Constitutional Court’s “14-days” ruling
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV The decision of the Constitutional Court to not hear Mr. Hichilema and Mr. Mwamba’s … More
The Law Association of Zambia and the challenge of policing politico-legal speech
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV It is common knowledge that the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has issued a … More
Divided We Stand: Politics of national cohesion after Zambia’s 2016 elections
By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV The so called divisions we think have emerged in the aftermath of the August … More