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Grade 12 Certificate Is Not the Only Qualification, Stop Demanding It

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 5 comments

E. Munshya, LLB., LLM, M.Div., MBA To borrow from the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Zambia has a written constitution which “says what it says and does not say what it does not say”. Barring some concepts that are deeply tied to constitutionalism, the Zambian constitution should be interpreted from the intention of its written text. It is not surprising that

When a Constitution Forgets: A theory of interpreting Zambia’s constitution

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 4 comments

E. Munshya, LLM, MBA, M.Div. Surprise, surprise. Now that we have read the new constitution we are quickly realising just how much of a blessing, and a controversy it has become. I would be surprised if a constitution did not evoke opposite emotions and everything in between. Beginning from the Grade 12 qualifications to the omission of deputy minister positions,

Zambia’s Sugo Fiasco: Interpreting the constitution’s Grade 12 requirement

Posted on January 14, 2016 by Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV 11 comments

E. Munshya, LLB, LLM, MBA, M.Div. In the recent constitution amendment signed by President Edgar Lungu is a provision that is both absurd and confusing. According to Article 70 (1) (d), a person is eligible to be elected as a Member of Parliament, if that person “has obtained, as a minimum academic qualification, a grade twelve certificate or its equivalent”.