A retired judge says the attacks on individual judges by government officials are undermining the integrity of the judicial system in the country.
Judge Noah Kabamba said the continued attacks might bring about disrespect for the law, which will result into anarchy in the country.
He told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that legal practitioners should show respect to decisions made by the judges, adding that they should not be making unnecessary comments which were influenced by their personal feelings.
Judge Kabamba added that government officials should also stop to publicly challenge decisions of the court.
On the other hand, Judge Kabamba advised the government officials to desist from praising individual judges following certain judgments.
He has since appealed to the people in government to take the lead in restoring the faith of the Zambian people in the judicial system.
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mudala ba judge ba these days baliba corrupt bad,you can just tell by the judgements they make over certain individuals.May God help us
This will only stop when the appointing of high court judges is taken away from the MMD gvt. t
I think we should take a leaf from the American system were appointment should be confirm in parliament by a judiciary commitee. these appoits should in future question and lets hear about their positions on different rulings. Yes, good judges will shall be applauded and the bad ones shall be critized. those are facts of life. We don’t want judges that compromize the law for self interest.
Judge Kabamba, are you sure it is Government officials who are attacking Judges? Its is the so called Civil Society that is doing that whenever a judgement goes against their wishes.
Judge Kabamba has a sensible point. African governments like power play, infact most presidents already behave like anarchists. They seem to forget that the Supreme Court is the highest instance of Justice in the country, to which even the Head of State is anwerable.
why is it that only judges and lawyers are the most stinking rich individuals and firms??? ever wondered why? Sangwa is damn right, and Sangwa is not a lawyer who is just coming from ZIALE, he is a seasoned lawyer if not the best in the last decade, so he knows what nonsense these judges & the entire legal fratenity do in the dark to nail innocent people to jail while their cut is prepared by the winning criminals – its utter nonsense! VIVA SANGWA!! ABASH NONSENSICAL LEGAL PRACTIONERS AND JUDGES!!! TWANAKA NAIMWE – ku UNI mu pounder ifikwakwa, pa industry ama hafu fulu-fulu!!
Thanks judge, but their conduc must be above board also.
what happened to Judge Ngulube?? we havent forgotten yet. the Judicial system is damn rotten and corrupt, i can say that again!!!
We pardon the reasoning of this retired judge. Thats why he is supporting people out of age to stay in power. He wants to come back from retirement. Shame, the constitution is clear, a Judge shall vacate his position upon reaching the age of 65. VIVA Sangwa! CJ Sakala has made many blunders post his retirement age including swearing in RB when results were still challenged. He did it to the late as well. He swore him in while people wanted a old. Sakala does not inspire confidence in the Judiciary. This retired judge does not seem to know currents affairs. Govt has no respect for the Judiciary hence it directs it.
Nothing wrong with the judges, if theres anything wrong with the judicial system it’s people reluctance to accept justice. The definition of justice in zambia seems to mean pleasing the emotonally unstable masses rather than getting the right decision. The judge is actually right this form of public manipulation to affect decisions and decision makers will bring anarchy that the same public will complain about later . Whats strange about the same people attacking judges is that they are are just attacking for the sake of attacking without principled legal arguments.
#10 Slumdog, indeed you are a child looking from a pic on your blog. Who told you that the masses are wrong and must be gorverned by the minority? Democracy is the rule of the majority. Wether right or wrong. These judges are reluctant to accept justice. The public is aring their views. No one is being manipulated here. These judges are bringing anarchy. They do what RB please and not what the law (us) please.
#11 Let me guess the judges are bringing anarchy because you didn’t like their verdict. If they are bringing anarchy do me a favour and give me a succinct legal argument as to why they are wrong without using your emotions .
@3 Zambi-can… Hey there, I think our high court and Supreme judges are actually confirmed by Parliament. But normally it’s just rubber stumping and i don’t even think they appear in person to go through a gruelling and grilling process like their US counterparts.
I just hope that constructive criticism of the judiciary won’t be mistaken for ‘attack’. For far too long our judiciary have enjoyed this ‘untouchable’ status where any kind of criticism is alleged to cause harm and erode people’s confidence in the judiciary. This is a fallacy – the judiciary like the other 2 arms of govt must be criticised by the tax payer accordingly. This a very good debate that Simeza and Sangwa have initiated and i’m loving it! This is what democracy is all about.
Lemmington how old are you?So all Lawyers are corrupt?Are you serious?I really would want to know what you do .I am a Lawyer but i am not corrupt.Ps be level headed.
How do i have confidence in the Judiciary looking at characters like former Chief Justice Mathew Ngulube and the late Judge Musonda(MHSRIP) who claimed he wrongly gave Miyanda(HP) an injunction bcoz of a bout of malaria after Levy(MHSRIP) criticised his decision
let judical officers lead exemplary professional and personal lives then noone will condemn publicly, not the chicken droppings they are showing us at present.
#10 you’re a baby just keep quite and wait for some milk
Well, what does this man expect us to say about a charlatan like Judge Phillip Musonda? I will never respect a fool like that *****, may the frivolous grounds he invoked to get Dora off the hook come back to haunt him. Chitengi too is suspect, that decision he made was just too much hanging by the fence. The stupidity that characterises our supreme court bench stinks, no wonder these fools wear wigs, they are homos.
What is an embacile sitting on a bench? It’s Phillip Musonda. Say what they may, he is an *****
Guys, do you recall how Judge Silungwe freed Kambarange after he killed Tabeth Mwanza in cold blood? Hardly could the stupid ***** declare his wife was Kambarage’s cousin. No wonder Namibians also booted his corrupt prat off their court bench!
You recall how that stupid ***** Silungwe freed Kambarage after he butchered Tabeth?
On “He has since appealed to the people in government to take the lead in restoring the faith of the Zambian people in the judicial system”, the only way is to follow the Constitution and others laid downs laws faithfully and the first step must be for Chief Justice E. Sakala and Judge Chitengi to step down due to the age in light of the law revelation over the duo’s illegal case of being in office. I hope President RB Banda will deal with this case efficiently so that he can win public confidence.
However, he needs to put a President age limit.
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Judges receive bribes through their court marshals. John Peter Sangwa is right, in fact very right.
FDA, i am 1year older than RB!!!LOL, all the lawyers i know are in one way or the other corrupt if you ask me, there could one or two who are not corrupt & I am sure they must be be stinking poor also. Lawyers like many other professionals architects, valuers, financial advisers, auditors, engineers, quantity surveyors, geologists, name them survive (mark the word survive) on fees which are highly regulated – now tell me, how do you learned colleagues make your money to buy all those posh cars and houses…. and beautiful women???
Lemmington,
The lawyers connive with not only the judges but even the magistrates.and the sangwa you are praising is not an exceptional.he has got high profile clients who commited serious cases which the the public is anxious to hear the verdict and am sure there is no way out for him and his cliets.jail is their destiny.so after chewing too much money from his clients the man has to paint the members of the bench black before the verdict is passed.
Most lawyers are responsible for the financial downfall of many tycoons.The case is true in Zambia were KK could not believe it when the lawyers who were handling his ‘zero option ‘ case handed him the bill.Lawyers are very expensive I WOULD ASSUME SERVING A JAIL TERM TENDS TO EVEN BE CHEAPER IN ZAMBIA.The best is to avoid soiling your handds so that then you completely avoid an encounter with them.I may not have all the data but I hear abena FTJ ended up ukula pela ama lawyers his property because they had milked him dry.
Anything to do with Chiluba stinks of corruption. The short man has no morals and he can even pay for simple things such as a neighbour’s wife just to have it his way. In fact, most of the problems we face in Zambia today were created by the ten years of Chiluba’s plundering reign. Just tell me, what did Chiluba own before 1991? He never even had a suit and I remember Goreti Mapulanga teasing him during his first interview in 1991. The ka man is very shameless and we should all stand up and grab all that he stole from our people. May his soul burn in hell.
#24, Chiluba could give anything because it was all stolen property. The short man did not even have a decent suit before he became president. He even went as far as paying to have his neighbour’s wife. What a shameless character! Neighbour’s wife and he walks with his head high? Anyway, May His Soul Burn in Hell. The ka man inflicted misery on a lot of people and if it were in other countries, he would have been stoned to death.
Akapondo & Ndolic, you have summed it up very well, i cant not be as eloquent! our legal system is a serious let down to the say the least!
Has judge Kabamba run out of his retirement package ? how much is he reciving for his support ? If judges were not corrupt FTJ would have been released/locked up , I rest my case !
Ba mudala naimwe……thats what you can just tell the great nation of Zambia???? The Zambian judiciary is 100 % compromised and almost all learned and enlightened Zambians have lot respect and faith in the judiciary. RB and his bootlickers have hijacked the whole judiciary. The judges are now dancing to the tune of MMD. Lastly I think Sangwa is right in asking the retired two judges to go and rest on their farms. What are they doing.??? their time has come to an end , they must pave room for younger people to also enjoy the national cake. Kanshi chaba shani pa Zed??? year in , year out same families enjoying the national cake….AWE INSANSA KUCHINYANYA BANE.
Regardless of what has happened, there is no need to condemn a whole profession. Thats childish. Every sector has bad eggs. In any case, most of you condemn without having an aorta of evidence. I am for dealing with any wrong doing by anyone in any sector, but I do not condone reactions that are based on mere heresay, conjecture and ignorance.
I didn’t like the Dora decision, but that does not justify painting the whole judicial system as corrupt unless you can back it up.
A house divided by itself cannot stand. The judicial system in Zambia is divided. They do not trust their own system why should we trust them. They have to redeem themselves period. We are looking forward to that.
Kanshi being in law school is great!this is interesting,seeing pipo argue about things they only have half truths on.u nid a knowledge of the law to undrstand sum of these things,lyk the judge philip musonda judgement-theres nothing wrong with watsoever!we lawyers are to interpret the law,if therz a loop hole tuff luck we wil use it.i wud use it to free my client,thats why u nid 2 b involved in the law making process and nt just complain.lyk the most pipo are doin with regards the ncc,that constitution wil b made and they hav been callin 4 massive public participation and its been given a cold shoulder.mark my words thez sem pipo wil b in the forerfront 4 condeming the judiciary wen it is simply interpreting laws made by the citizenry.if u hav a problem wit sum provisions of law tackle it…
Due the prevailing corruption in Zambia which seem to have even entered into the Judicial system, the only savior to the system and change in the way cases are argued is having the jury system take over. One can easily corrupt that one judge, if things are put in place the jury system will help a lot.
Zed is the only place where everyone expects to die in office. Retirement is not part of our policy. Ba retired judge just continue watching the sun rise and go down and dont bore us with your views. We need new blood in the judicial system who will unhold the law and advise the president when he is wrong. Not just yes, yes bwanas like these past retirement age judges. There must be some truth in what Sangwa has said and that is why you feel, you have to defend the judges.
Bwana Judge, there’s no integrity in the Judicial System today! Integrity was raped when former Chief Justice Mathew Ngulube “exposed” the Judiciary, Zamtrop …………. We all thought they were very sacred, but alas. Judge Musonda also showed us the other side of eroded integrity when he ruled in Dora’s favour, I mean ; Learned former Judge can I go on giving examples to make you see. The Judiciary like the excutive and legislature have failed the people of Zambia.
This is what Godfrey Myanda said: “As I sat in the courtroom when [Post news editor] Ms Kabwela was being arraigned, I could not help but notice the huge portrait of President Banda above the magistrate’s head, as though to say ‘I am watching you!’ Why should this picture be in that neutral ground?” Just how fast people forget, was it not this stupid soldier as vice president who appeared in court to intimidate judges in the Public Order Act case? As soon as they struck that vile piece of law, Miyandaring introduced a new one the next day.
Iam shocked the retied judge did not mention Sangwa and Simeza cos of late they are the ones who have been questioning the judges.Whether the judgement is popular or not, judges have responsibllity to uphold justice and NOT what Sangwa and Simeza thinks is right.If they are not doing a good job in defending their client,they might as well stop defending their thieving clients.
sangwa mentioned something iam thinking about .the judges continue receiving a salary in retirement -which is 80 percent of the current salary of a judge .so kabamba is still on govt payroll.so tapali efyo ulelanda mudala .”ati personal feelings ” yes this is personal .no sane zambian expect anything out of our courts particularly when politicians are involved ,infact it is courts of injustice you run towards the poor.so shut up and wait for your salary .viva sangwa.
as i have said in the past, this is not a forum for shooting. it is a forum for discussing real issues not insulting and calling big pipo like judge kabamba “ati iwe or belittling the HE the president”. those with no points should not contribute because u a just adding to the list of comments empty rethoric. sangwa raised a very important point. i.e. those who pass retirement age must be retired. this is a constitutional issue and not something to gross over like a chat in a bar. u can not BEND the constitution other wise if you are a president u can even get impeached. now who was suppose to remind the learned judges that they should retire or who was supose to retire them. to me that should be the person or institution of focus and should b made to answer and not the judges
Godfoolish Miyanda’s piece in the Post today about Banda’s picture in the court was pick point nauseous. This ***** indeed has a very short length of memory, has could he forget his menacing appearance in court as vice president when the Public Order Act was struck off by the courts? To intimidate them further, he went on to enact a new one two weeks later, only for it to bite his smelly prat to years later in Kabwe when campaining for his village concept. Atase, he should just shut up, that menace to society.
Thats what happens when a country stops apreciating science and technology!Instead of investing in science and technology we are encouraging our children to become lawyers and accountants-why?They are the ones living large.Most of them though from corupt practices and fraud.Judges have lost their intergrity and this retired judge should realise they are not sacred.I suport Sangwa all the way!We will continue to comment and untill we die.VIVA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.Woe to all of you corrupt people in the Judiciary!!!
#1, #2 and #3, In accordance with Part VI of the Zambian Constitution dealing with the Judicature, the Chief Justice, The Depiuty Chief Justice, Supreme Cout Judges and High Court Judges are appointed by the President and ratified by the National Assembly. Their tenure of Office is secured and can not be dismissed except through a tribunal. I am often saddened saddened that most Zambians do not read and are unaware of the facts of a case before they commemnt on it. This is very dangerous for the country because people who are computer literate should at least be able to make comments on solid facts. This has created the situation where the Post is now thinking for every one. And if you don’t agree with it then you are a traitor.
Does anyone listen to Godfrey Myanda? The man has no brains. If you were to collect all his ‘learned’ contributions you would have a good guide to the “Thoughts of a Moron”. I rest my case.