Sun, 04 Feb 2018 11:53:11 +0000 By CHITE MTONGA THE Zambian law does not allow political parties to recruit military personnel and such action has grave consequences under the laws of Zambia, Minister of Justice Given Lubinda has said. Mr Lubinda said Zambia was a multi-party democracy and persons had the right to form political parties but recruiting and training military personnel was against the law and government would not take it lightly. He said Zambians were free to associate with any philosophy but engaging military personel was a crime and those associating themselves in such acts were breaking the law. Mr Lubinda told the Daily Nation in an interview that Zambia did not have laws to bar people from joining any political party as it was a multi party state but people need to be wary of some political parties that were thriving on illegal activities. “We do not have laws that […]
