Politics

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 ›

Separation of Powers Betrayed: Why Justice Lengalenga got it wrong in the GBM case

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on March 31, 2016 • ( 3 )

E. Munshya, LLB, LLM, MDIV. In the Zambian doctrine of separation of powers, each branch of government has a distinct role to play and no one branch should interfere in the other’s function. Parliament makes the law, the executive implements… 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 ›

From Kasonde to Kafwaya: Debunking the myth that “old people” rule Zambia

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on May 14, 2015 • ( 3 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The honorable Dr. Joseph Kasonde was born in 1938, his youngest counterpart in the legislature, Hon. Dawson Kafwaya, was only born in 1984. Between these two years is a spectrum of the ages of the… Read More ›

The Temptation of Nevers Sekwila Mumba (Part III): Keeping the Ambition Alive

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on March 30, 2014 • ( 8 )

By Elias Munshya wa Munshya Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba believes that political parties are not the centre of the political process, people are. As such, he sees nothing wrong with changing parties, starting new ones, disbanding others and going back… Read More ›

The Temptation of Nevers Sekwila Mumba (Part I): Politics of Personal Sacrifice

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on March 30, 2014 • ( 19 )

By E. Munshya wa Munshya It is Frank Talk time on prime time television in the early 1990s. One evening, the whole nation is listening in as journalist Frank Mutubila introduces his guest on ZNBC TV. Pastor Nevers Mumba sits… Read More ›

Beyond “House, Money, Car”: Why Ms. Kay Figo Deserved Compensation

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on January 28, 2014 • ( 7 )

By E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. The facts of the 2012 case of one Ms. Kay Figo and her lover Mr. Van are very well defined. Around 2007 a 55 year-old Mr. Van met a 21-year Ms. Kay Figo at… Read More ›

Nevers Sekwila Mumba, Insincerely Yours: My Open Letter to the MMD President

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on September 23, 2013 • ( 2 )

Dear Nevers Sekwila Mumba: I must register my disappointment at the manner you Dr. Mumba have behaved towards His Excellency the President of our Republic, His Excellency Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, SC and Supreme Commander of our armed forces. Dr…. Read More ›

The King With a Mouth: Why Nkhosi Mpezeni’s Political Outspokenness Should be Fair Game for Zambian Democracy

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on August 27, 2013 • ( 0 )

By E. Munshya wa Munshya In the run up to the recent Chipata Central by-election, Nkhosi ya ma Khosi Mpezeni actively campaigned for the PF candidate Lameck Mangani.[i] Nkhosi Mpezeni even appeared at a campaign rally addressed by President Sata… 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 ›

Dora’s Catch 22: Why ECZ is Right About S.22 of the Electoral Act 2006

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on August 1, 2013 • ( 17 )

By E. Munshya wa Munshya Petitions After Zambia’s elections of 2011, the party that won the elections, the Patriotic Front (PF) decided to petition dozens of seats won by the opposition parties. Among other reasons for so petitioning, the PF… Read More ›

The Chola Boys: Zambia’s Vice-Presidents From Reuben Kamanga to Guy Lindsay Scott

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on February 20, 2013 • ( 7 )

By E. Munshya Wa Munshya Zambia’s presidency and presidents have dominated much of post-colonial analysis of politics and history. This is very well understood, considering the power that the presidency wields and the central role that it plays in the… Read More ›

A Short Man Who Walked Tall: The Life and Times of Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba (1943—2011)

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on February 17, 2013 • ( 33 )

By E. Munshya wa Munshya The Birth of The Man Biographers differ about where and when Frederick Jacob Titus Chiluba was born. Even his names have raised controversy. Chiluba’s background had been such a thorny issue, that in the 1996… Read More ›

Penetrating Presidential Bombasa: Why the ACC Can’t Question President Rupiah Banda Without Parliamentary Sanction

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on February 7, 2013 • ( 10 )

By E Munshya wa Munshya Former republican president Rupiah Banda has been summonsed by the Anti-Corruption Commission to appear before it for questioning in connection with investigations into corruption it is carrying out. In writing the former president, ACC Director-General… Read More ›

“The Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation: Blessing or Curse”: What Gershom Ndhlovu Misses About Pentecostals

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on February 5, 2013 • ( 19 )

By E. Munshya wa Munshya The book The Declaration of Zambia as a Christian Nation: Blessing or Curse is Gershom Ndhlovu’s debut book. It is available at amazon.com in kindle edition. It is a book for the modern person in… Read More ›

Did Prof. Clive Chirwa Lose Zambian Citizenship?

By Elias Munshya, MBA, LLM, MA, MDIV on November 22, 2012 • ( 1 )

E. Munshya, LLB (Hons), M.Div. To begin with, I must mention that I belong to that school of thought which believe that the current law in Zambia that deprives Zambians from acquiring dual nationality should be amended. I am of… Read More ›

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