Elias Munshya, LL.M, MBA, M.DIV.

Mwaculeni: Why Bill 10 should rest in eternal peace

By Elias Munshya When Justice Minister Given Lubinda announced efforts to amend the Constitution of Zambia, he did it with a great deal of arrogance and an inexcusable insult to
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Why I am Supporting Zambia’s Yellow Card Protest of July 20, 2019

By Elias Munshya There comes a time in the life of a nation that citizens of all walks of life, of goodwill and bad will, tall and short, Tonga and
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You Can Download The Constitution of Zambia Amendment Bill, 2019 Here

We have a copy of the Constitution-Amendment-BILL, courtesy of https://acazambia.org. Here it is: Constitution-Amendment-BILL
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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 of law, must act when the rule of law gets
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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 with the Zambia Blog Talk Radio on Saturday, May 20,
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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. Eight souls perished in a stampede as they gathered to
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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 2016, “is not eligible for election as President.” However, Article
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Learning from King Cobra: Sata, Hichilema and the politics of electoral defeat

By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV. There is no better way to win an election than to win an election. For those who win elections, they win elections by winning elections.
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Loving the “Other” In Zambia: Towards a praxis of peace in political violence

By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, MDIV Our nation is in crisis. We have suddenly realised that we too are a violent nation. The so called oasis of peace, we think
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A New Legal Tradition: Commentary on the rules of Zambia’s Constitutional Court

By E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.DIV. On May 27, 2016, Justice Marvin Mwanamwambwa, the Deputy Chief Justice of Zambia and acting Chief Justice signed Statutory Instrument No. 37 of 2016
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Zambia is a Christian Nation and a Multi-Religious Nation

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 2 comments

By Elias Munshya The commotion over Bill 10’s proposal to Christianise the Zambian constitution is in my opinion, wholly unnecessary and a waste of time. Zambia is already a Christian nation. It has been a Christian nation. White Christian missionaries brought education and Christianised much of the Zambian territory. Indigenous African evangelists such as Rev. David Kaunda of Malawi brought

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Download the LAZ Bill 10 Petition in the Constitutional Court – Here

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 2 comments

Click Here for the Petition – The Law Association of Zambia Bill 10 Petition

Zambian Pentecostal Leaders Must Speak Up Against Bill 10: Here is Why

Posted on August 8, 2019 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 3 comments

The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Bill 10) appears to have some footprints of the Pentecostal mindset in so far as the Declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation is concerned. Nevertheless, this footprint is not quite what it promises to be. There is a need for Pentecostals to push back against this idea that the faith should be

Some Subtle Proposed Changes that Make Bill 10 Even More Bizarre

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV One comment

By Elias Munshya Bill 10 is obviously a disaster. You cannot bring together hundreds of people for 14 days and expect that within that time frame, you can come up with anything sensible. That the NDF was a complete sham is seen by the fruits and surrogates it has borne. You shall know them by their fruits cannot be more

Drop Bill 10: Why Zambians are taking the “Constitution of Zambia Amendment Bill” personally

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 3 comments

By Elias Munshya Obliterating the Personal? One of the first things that get destroyed when a dictatorship is trying to entrench itself is personal responsibility and personal accountability. When a government wants to kill and maim its people, it first begins by depersonalising them and the issues that concern them. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Justice Minister is

Zambia’s Bill 10: Why aren’t Pentecostal church leaders speaking up?

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV Leave a comment

By Elias Munshya Bill 10 proposes to abolish the multi-religious character of the Republic of Zambia that is enshrined in the Constitution of Zambia – in both the entrenched and the unentrenched provisions. With due respect to my vocal Pentecostal sisters and brothers – Zambia is a multi-religious nation. And the history and suspicion that we Pentecostals have had to

The Johannesburg High Court’s KCM Ruling Embarrasses The Zambian Judiciary and All of Us

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 4 comments

By Elias Munshya Zambia has excellent legal minds. It has exceptional jurists. However, there is something fundamentally problematic within the Zambian legal system that continues to tolerate mediocrity. When ZCCM-IH obtained the ex-parte Order from the Lusaka High Court to begin liquidating KCM, we sounded the alarm. The alarm was really not about whether Vedanta was the right investor or

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