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Mwamba, Kasama and the changing political landscape in Zambia

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on August 6, 2015 • ( 7 )

By Elias Munshya, LLM, M.Div., MBA The resignation of Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) from the Patriotic Front (PF) to the United Party for National Development (UPND) is a game changer. It is a game changer for both the PF and… Read More ›

Damaging Zambia: Why parliamentary floor-crossing dents our democracy

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on July 23, 2015 • ( 3 )

By Elias Munshya, LLM, M.Div., M.A., LLB, B.A. Multi-party participatory democracy is deeply weaved in the very fabric of Zambian democracy. It should be an offence under the penalty of treason to undermine our democratic foundations fortified by the concrete… Read More ›

Cuundu Chaitwa: Leveraging the power of regional politics in Zambia

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on July 18, 2015 • ( 4 )

E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Regions are vital ingredients of our democracy. Without regional power and peculiarities, Zambian democracy would have long perished. The best way for Zambia is a heterogeneous political polity and a diverse confluence of various regional patterns… Read More ›

Turning Water Into Paraffin: Towards a pentecostal theology of miracles

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on June 25, 2015 • ( 2 )

E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. From my upbringing as a child, to the present, I remain indebted to the nurturing I received as a member of the Pentecostal movement. I am forever grateful to my aunt’s church, which used to meet… Read More ›

One Zambia Many Cheats: The politics and challenges of dual nationality

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on June 18, 2015 • ( 2 )

Elias Munshya, LLM, M.Div. President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has indicated that he will support dual nationality for Zambians. While we do not yet know the shape this initiative will take, it is important for us to support it. The last… Read More ›

A Nation of Ba Chakolwa: My position on Pilato’s “A Lungu Anabwera”

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on June 11, 2015 • ( 7 )

E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Chama Fumba’s “A Lungu Anabwera” is most likely defamatory, disparaging, insulting and slanderous. No matter how we spin it, stating that President Edgar Chagwa Lungu is a “clueless drunkard from Chawama who came with suitcases full… Read More ›

My Tribe Is NOT Zambia: Erasure, tribalism and the challenge of national cohesion

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on January 29, 2015 • ( 6 )

E. Munshya, LLB, M.Div. To help fight the scourge of tribalism in Zambia, some of our people are buying into several slogans in the hope that these slogans will help build some national cohesion. There is one particular slogan that… Read More ›

Don’t Kill, Just Kiss: What cadres can learn from Zambian politicians about love, hate and forgiveness

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on January 9, 2015 • ( 1 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The election is drawing very near. Politicians are busy pounding on doors and flying their helicopters. Lungu has been soaring from Chinsali to Mpulungu, and from there to Katete. Hichilema has also been taking provinces… Read More ›

Why It is Illegal for Guy Scott to fire or transfer government officers

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on December 2, 2014 • ( 4 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. News that the government of Acting President Guy Scott has either fired or transferred some senior government workers makes sad reading. We should all be concerned when a transitory government purports to perform functions that… Read More ›

The Cobra Who Charmed a Nation: The Life and Times of Michael Chilufya Sata

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on October 29, 2014 • ( 5 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. Michael Chilufya did not have one life. He had many lives. His relatively long life, by Zambian standards, where life expectancy is around 45, mean that there is a huge span from which one could… Read More ›

Chikwanda’s other bombshell conversation with Edgar Lungu

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on September 25, 2014 • ( 5 )

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 President Edgar Lungu.

Speaking in Tongues: The Absurdity of President Sata’s “Local Languages” Policy

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on January 17, 2014 • ( 14 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), MA, MDiv. English and Pan-Africanism When a president has no agenda, she finds solace in promoting myopic nationalisms devoid of real sense. When a government has no tangible plan for development, it begins to couch useless pan-Africanist… Read More ›

In the Name of the Clan: Is Bemba-Supremacy Behind GBM’s Resignation?

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on December 27, 2013 • ( 7 )

By Elias Munshya, LLB(Hons), MA., M.Div. September 2009 on Radio Mano It is September 2009. In a few weeks, the people of Kasama Central are supposed to be voting in a by-election. The key candidates in this election are Geoffrey… Read More ›

When a Cobra Spits at Crocodiles: Why President Sata Shouldn’t Fight the “Bashi Lubemba”

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on August 2, 2013 • ( 24 )

Elias Munshya, LLB (Hons), MA, Mdiv. The Issue President Michael Chilufya Sata in May 2013 used his powers as President of the Republic of Zambia to withdraw government recognition of one Henry Kanyanta Sosala as Senior Chief Mwamba of the… Read More ›

Toxic Roots: Why Zambians of Congolese Origin Hide their Heritage

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on August 26, 2012 • ( 53 )

By E. Munshya wa Munshya To treat a topic of this nature, a definition of terms is in order. Being of Congolese origin or heritage is a complex notion. However, in this article I use it to describe Zambian citizens… Read More ›

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Mwamba, Kasama and the changing political landscape in Zambia

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Damaging Zambia: Why parliamentary floor-crossing dents our democracy

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Cuundu Chaitwa: Leveraging the power of regional politics in Zambia

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Turning Water Into Paraffin: Towards a pentecostal theology of miracles

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My Tribe Is NOT Zambia: Erasure, tribalism and the challenge of national cohesion

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Why It is Illegal for Guy Scott to fire or transfer government officers

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