By GRACE CHAILE LESOETSAThe Appeals Court says time has stopped running in the main matter involving Bowman Lusambo and Joe Malanji, and the 21 days will not expire until the stay it granted the state is discharged This is in a matter were the Court of Appeal has thrown out an application by Bowman Lusambo and Joseph Malanji to set aside its decision in which it halted election petition proceedings before the High Court.On Friday, September 16, 2022, the Court of Appeal granted the State the application to stay proceedings in a matter in which Mr Lusambo and Mr Malanji are challenging the rejection of their nomination papers by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in the Kabushi and Kwacha by-elections.The State appealed against the High Court’s ruling suspending elections in the two constituencies pending determination of the matter.But the duo through their lawyers Makebi Zulu and Jonas Zimba filed an application to set aside the […]
Lusambo, Malanji case on stand still until stay is dealt with – judge
