By MUBANGA LUCHEMBEWHEN UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma warned the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to stop registering inmates because if not, they would fuel chaos in the country, he acted as if the 2017 Constitutional Court Judgement in the Case of Godfrey Malembeka versus the Attorney General, which validated the right to vote among prisoners under lawful custody did not exist. Observers were therefore surprised to see the UPND leaders and their supporters rejoice over the Constitutional Court’s ruling which had given former Cabinet ministers, their deputies and provincial ministers 30 days in which to pay back over K4.2 million which they got from the government in 2016.In this case, 64 ex-ministers were supposed to pay back salaries and allowances. This followed the court’s judgement of August 8, 2016 which ordered the ministers to pay back to the State all the allowances and salaries they received when Parliament was dissolved.The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) and […]
WHY UPND WARNED ECZ TO STOP REGISTERING INMATES
