Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:28:53 +0000 The State House attack on Narep President Elias Chipimo can not pass without comment. The suggestion that Mr. Chipimo’s attack was wild, exaggerated and completely disregarded the realities on the ground was rather harsh. There were four strands to Mr. Chipimo’s critique. The first point he made was a question of the rule of law. He did not agree that foreigners should be deported willy nilly without recourse to a review mechanism because this system was vulnerable to abuse. This was concrete enough because we have the example of Zambezi Portland Cement where the owners have been deported and a legally untenable situation subsists where state police are aiding an illegality. This is unacceptable. It is also a reality. The second and perhaps most generalized was an appeal to human character in the manner government implemented its policies. He cited the case of, firing permanent secretaries and District Commissioners […]
