Hakainde Hichilema

When the State Becomes a False Prophet: How Rev. Sumaili’s views threaten Zambia’s constitutionalism

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on May 22, 2017 • ( 10 )

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, 2017. I found her sentiments in that interview to be… Read More ›

Learning from King Cobra: Sata, Hichilema and the politics of electoral defeat

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on August 25, 2016 • ( 7 )

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. Those who want to win an election must win an… Read More ›

Loving the “Other” In Zambia: Towards a praxis of peace in political violence

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on July 17, 2016 • ( 3 )

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 we are, has been challenged a great deal by recent… Read More ›

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

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on January 14, 2016 • ( 11 )

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… Read More ›

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 ›

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 ›

One Zambia One Kapokola: Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the defence of democratic freedoms

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on May 21, 2015 • ( 5 )

E. Munshya, LLM, M.Div. Hakainde Hichilema can be quite upsetting sometimes. Just when President Lungu is trying to settle in his presidency, there appears Hakainde Hichilema making it difficult for President Edgar Lungu to shine. Just a few days after an… Read More ›

Converting 1 Million Baptisms Into Votes: An analysis of the political theology of the SDA Church in Zambia

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on May 7, 2015 • ( 5 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. We all must congratulate the Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Zambia for its one-millionth baptism. Since its establishment in Zambia, the church baptized its one-millionth member in April 2015. While this feat has not been easy,… Read More ›

Zambian Presidential Elections Results Current Update

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on January 20, 2015 • ( 4 )

Note: These are full constituency results from the few constituencies collated so far. We are using the following sources: The Post Newspaper, Flava FM and Radio Mano. We are only using those provisional results at constituency level and we will… Read More ›

Vote for Peace, Vote in Peace!

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on January 18, 2015 • ( 1 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The time is finally here. In a few days, Zambia goes to the polls. What a milestone. Mature nations and great democracies use the ballot as the only legitimate way to change or not-change a government…. Read More ›

Hakainde Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the Politics of Contrasts and Comparisons

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on December 13, 2014 • ( 8 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The campaign time has come in earnest. It seems all the parties now have a general idea of who is going to be their presidential candidate. It is game on. Without being sub judice, it… Read More ›

Is Stella Shooting at Shadows?: Hichilema, Police IG Libongani & “Amayendele”

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on March 24, 2014 • ( 2 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. In our democracy, there should be no reason why the police command should be wasting taxpayers’ bullets and teargas to chase Hakainde Hichilema (HH) out of the Eastern Province. Bullets and teargas should be for… Read More ›

Aleisa, Aleisa: Challenges and Opportunities for Hakainde Hichilema

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on March 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), Mdiv. We make no error by stating, unequivocally, that Hakainde Hichilema was the big winner from the by-elections held in February. Things are looking pretty good for HH. The United Party for National Development (UPND) did… Read More ›

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

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Hakainde Hichilema

When the State Becomes a False Prophet: How Rev. Sumaili’s views threaten Zambia’s constitutionalism

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Learning from King Cobra: Sata, Hichilema and the politics of electoral defeat

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Loving the “Other” In Zambia: Towards a praxis of peace in political violence

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

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

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One Zambia One Kapokola: Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the defence of democratic freedoms

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Converting 1 Million Baptisms Into Votes: An analysis of the political theology of the SDA Church in Zambia

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Zambian Presidential Elections Results Current Update

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Vote for Peace, Vote in Peace!

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Hakainde Hichilema, Edgar Lungu and the Politics of Contrasts and Comparisons

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Is Stella Shooting at Shadows?: Hichilema, Police IG Libongani & “Amayendele”

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Aleisa, Aleisa: Challenges and Opportunities for Hakainde Hichilema

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Politics of Chigololo: President Sata, HH and the slurring of fatherless children

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Hakainde Hichilema, Luapula Province and the Politics of Tribal Perception

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Bombasa Fyapena: Why We Must Not Blame the Law When Our Politics Go Berserk

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