The Law Association of Zambia has written to the Attorney General to consider an appeal in the Supreme Court in a matter regarding former President Fredrick Chiluba and others regarding the registration of the London Judgment.
In a press statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday and signed by Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) President Stephen Lungu, the law body observed that it was mandated in section 4 of the laws of Zambia Act chapter 31 of the laws of Zambia to comment and provide guidance on legal matters that were of public interest.
Mr Lungu said LAZ through its research committee thoroughly looked at the matter and rendered an opinion on the same which has since been handed over to the Attorney General.
He said the Association’s opinion to the Attorney General was in the interest of the public for his office to consider lodging an appeal in the Supreme Court in order to finalise the matter adding that LAZ also advised Government to recommence the registration process under the common law which is applicable to Zambia.
He contended that the judgment of the High Court had far reaching implications therefore there was need for clarity in this area of the law.
Mr Lungu also stated that LAZ also encouraged the Attorney General to commence a fresh course of action under common law as an alternative.
He said the Zambian Government should take all necessary steps to ensure that this matter is handled with the courtesy it deserved saying the prosecution of the suspects in this matter had been costly not only to Government but to the Zambian people at large as tax payers money was spent to prosecute the accused.
ZANIS
Were you asleep, laz, anyway lets see what the attorney general will do, seeing as uncle big nose ronnie already spoke for him. :-w:-w:-w:-w:-w:-?:-?:-?:-?
:)lusaka times utu lubi where are they, they make the message look nice?
Ba LAZ, before that appeal is made and more money is wasted, atleast show the AG the grounds on which he should appeal. There is no provision in the Laws of Zambia to register the London Judgement, unless there was an andendum to that effect. Otherwise , you are just whistle blowing and adding to the useless noise.
This Lungu and his LAZ should be told to go to hell is he going to fund the appeal because Zambians say no to this kind of wasting money, let him probe his fellow Lawyers who were paid for doing nothing according to the AG’s report, has LAZ written to the DPP to find out why that female minister who had committed an crime like that of Hon. Mpombo has not yet been arrested? do not Zambians for fools you Lawyers already you have made a lot of money out of this Chiluba nonsence let the matter go to rest.
Ba LAZ you have been enriching yourselves from these unfounded cases. Go ku hell please!
i think the money wasted on Chiluba’s case is more than that has been spent prosecuting him and the crew….and now you are advising more money to be spent again???…it doesn’t make sense…..why didn’t you advise your fellow lawyers as the case was still in the courts?…..
what else do you expect from LAZ? THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CREATE EMPLOYMENT TO FELLOW LAWYERS.IT IS BUSINESS AGAIN . TWALYA AGAIN.
dick.heads above!!!
When Nchito started with the Task Force- we were told it was Pro bono publico and I can only hope that LAZ do the real Pro Bono or for the good of the public as in other countries lawyers and solicitors do make an honest life! Lawyers in the United States are recommended under American Bar Association (ABA) ethical rules to contribute at least fifty hours of pro bono service per year. Some state bar associations, however, may recommend fewer hours. Even in the United Kingdom many UK law firms and law schools have celebrated an annual Pro Bono Week—which encourages lawyers to offer pro bono services and increases general awareness of pro bono service.
Only in Zambia do you find a Zambian Vice President’s law firm charging for services rendered whilst in office. You may also read:
minus #miss pretty!!
post of 19/12/09
Kunda justifies Chongwe’s payment
Kunda justifies Chongwe’s payment
By Ernest Chanda
Sat 19 Dec. 2009, 04:01 CAT
VICE-President George Kunda has justified government’s intention to pay Lusaka lawyer Rodger Chongwe about US $6.7 million as compensation over a shooting incident that happened in Kabwe in August 1997.
Addressing the media at his office yesterday, Vice-President Kunda said since Zambia was a signatory to the UN Convention on Human Rights, it was important that such rights be respected.
“Dr Chongwe was shot by the police, and even the medical evidence is there that a bullet entered his body. Where it entered, the exit of the bullet, all these things, he was treated, he was taken to theatre; therefore he must be compensated.
How is all this difference from FTJ’s case?
Ba LAZ ba LAZ, you luck maturity, stratergy and focus. forget about this case. Allow us to concetrate on other things such as the next general elections.
Any appeal will not amount to anything. You can’t oppose the ruling party on any issue even if you are right and expect to win.It’s a lost cause.Why bother? In my view, it would make more sense if LAZ itself pursued this case on our behalf as citizens. May be this would work. Personally, I have lost all confidence in our judiciary.
Just kill Chiluba and RB if this will resolve poverty in Zambia
We all know how FTJ and FTJ motorcade route is from airport. one man with a mission can end all this nonsense.
All we need is to discuss this with the army or police officers who are suffering. They go everywhere with a gun and pay him/her and the mission will be carried out and zambia will get back on track!
Another easy way is to await them at a campaign rally in a remote area. carry out the mission amid shouts from the supporters and it will be history. why suffer when you can end this and be a heroe!
another way is to spill parafin on the airport road before he passes there so that police motor bikes will fall to the ground causing commotion and slows his motorcade and then the hero carries out the mission.
or just drive by state hse at high speed and throw a grenade inside and teach these bastards a good lesson. in other countries politicians dont.**** with the electorate. Remember how Asians in red paralysed the whole country?
or just pour buckets of nails on the airport road to puncture their tires and the carry out the mission
or better yet, if he is making it back in the country from his frequent trips, pour buckets of paint on the airport road and await him in the nearby bushes and carry out the mission
Talk is cheap your plans are a danger to Zambia, who ever uses a sword will die from the sword. The govt is putting these judges in danger because of these mad people will start killing judges like in Mexico and they will start targeting high govt profiles so that the governing of the people becomes ungovernable. It is a known factor in many African countries where when the people’s trust in the judicial and the govt reaches its lowest point they use any means to justify that there is no law except for the poor and the rich and elite are above the law. Nigeria, south Africa are good examples.
If the govt continues to interfer with the Judicial in 2010 – 2011 will be crucial and the elections will be bloody and division will be seen btween our people. No one at the moment trust the courts
Good move by LAZ . At least it shows that there must be good grounds for an appeal. This FTJ case is very appropriate in giving LAZ an opportunity to demonstate their independence and i think they have done well.
The MMD government is now under a different adminisration from the one that started this case and the current administration does not appear too keen to pursue the case. So it is timely that LAZ have used the provision in the law that allows them to offer some guidance on the matter. There are , indeed , far reaching implications from that high court judgement.
Talk is Cheap:
You are the biggest f.o.o.l to ever patronize LT! Your loose talk is that of an imbecile and not someone firing on all of their cylinders—what in the h.e.l.l are you suggesting here, you psychopath?!
Don’t let the anonymity of the Internet foo.l you, your identity can still be found out. What you are advocating borders on actual threats against someone, let alone the President. And that my friend is some serious s.h.i.t that can get you in big trouble!! We don’t have to like the current leadership in Zambia, but that shouldn’t mean we let ourselves get to the level of stupidity that you are displaying here.
DON’T THINK THE ASSACINATION OF A PRESIDENT IS A JOKE—YOU SICK INEBRIATE!!!
This is for you “Talk is Cheap”:
*****Characteristics of a Psychopath:*****
–superficial charm
–self-centered & self-important
–need for stimulation & prone to boredom
–deceptive behavior & lying
–conning & manipulative
–little remorse or guilt
–shallow emotional response
–callous with a lack of empathy
–living off others or predatory attitude
–poor self-control
–promiscuous sexual behavior
–early behavioral problems
–lack of realistic long term goals
–impulsive lifestyle
–irresponsible behavior
–blaming others for their actions
–short term relationships
–juvenile delinquency
–breaking parole or probation
–varied criminal activity
Going by your rants, it is sad you do fall in many of these characteristics!!!
Zambia needs a mission and the mission should be carried now before the elections. RB and MMD deserve nothing but one good hunter with some good skills. What about a big mulilo around state house and when RB start running in his bombasa then the hero-the good hunter goes for the mission?
….instead of having the majority of zambians suffer while a hundred people enjoy, why not just release some wild lions in the state house grounds or parliament building so some cleansing can be done? is it ok to have 11.999 million people perish at the command of 1 hundred unlearned politicians?
why have we spent millions of dollars chasing FTJ when we can put an end to his short self? why travel all the way to london while he is right here in zambia? I will not run away from my enemies coz i know where they are and how to get them!
why should we go thru this headache when we can easily solve the problem? Is it against our laws to pour paint on a street? is it against our laws to pour buckets full of nails in a street? is it against our laws to sacrifice one lamb and save the entire herd of cattle? answer me if you an honest person
how long are we gonna waste our precious time blogging for nothing while our parents, brothers and sisters continue suffering? unless you are so st.upid and f.ucked up, your days are just as numbered as those of the jackals. its time to clean our living room. now get up and put an end to this nonsense!
if you have gained from these jackals, be reminded that im coming after you, your mam, dad, and your entire clan! your days are well gone and time to clean our living room has come! remember the empty rhetoric of “the hour!” now its real! its one oclock buddy!
think of one thing before you open your filthy mouth! why do these jackals and hyenas think they are to defraud the entire nation and go scot free? what this means is that they have created wealth for their children and their children’s children while you and me will suffer and toil to the end of human kind!
In all our grievances, its still our duty NOT to ki.ll
all im suggetsing is to have an electorate that knows their rights and can not allow the kind of sad reading coming from zambia.
THIS LAZ DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL. DO THEY EVEN HAVE TEETH? THEY SEEM TO BE BULLDOGS WITHOUT TEETH. THEY ARE ALWAYS LATE IN ANALYSING AND COMING UP WITH CONCRETE ANSWERS TO ISSUES. THE LAYMEN SEEM TO BE MORE ANALYTICAL AND QUICK IN ZAMBIA. LAZ MUST JUST BE READING THE BLOGS FOR LEGAL ANALYSIS FROM THE LAYPEOPLE.
TALK IS CHEAP.
If things keep going to the way they are in Zambia.
Then there will be 1000 people like you wishing for an end to Chiluba.
People power will end this sad situation in Zambia.
It will not be the decision of just one man.
#8
l totally agree!
AM SURE LAZ HAS FORWARDED GROUNDS…
Gentlemen,LAZ does have teeth and there teeth is clearly stipulated in section 4 of the laws of Zambia Act chapter 3. I know some of you are saying that LAZ could have acted early enough.You are wrong becoz if LAZ commented on the issue to give reasons why the case should be registered,they will have been sighted for CONTEMPT..remember mulongoti commented on mbombo’s case that ”you need me to bring you cigarretes in prison”?..That was contempt & mulongoti had to apologies.Same apllies to LAZ commenting on a case which is already before the courts..Anyway,I call Zambia a great country because everything occurs in unusual reactions from the normal.staright forward things seem to go the opposite.My advise gentlemen is just conctrate on self economic progress.make money 4 urselves and…
Stephen Lungu, which f.o.o.l made you a lawyer and later alone LAZ president, law is law even in the states thats how it works unless you change the law to suite your requirements.
thats so true..we need justice in this case..and this thief chiluba shud not think of commenting at all..
I pray for vengence of God to fall on all thieves in Zambia. People wha are causing sufferings to millions of Zambians. These should be punished by God in one way or another. We are tiered of these thieves who care only for their children and wives. May God deal even more with them.
Talk is cheap: A useless talk which can never ever happen in Zed. RB whether you like it or not will continue in operational existence even after giving the mantle of Presidency to Felix Mutati in 2016. So continue wishing and as long as you have that mind the opposition will never see the corridors of power. Already God has brought confusion in the PACT. In the camp of these uncircumstised philistines lies confusion of hearts who are bent to see the country destroyed. Come 2011 Talk is Cheap will continue leaking his/her A.S.S.
TALK IS CHEAP young man,how many years did you spend in a pakistan madrassa? how does it feel to be a young suicide bomber?dont you feel pity for your families for the anguish they go through when you detonate yourselves?it’s not too late for you to reform and come back to christianity.the best way you can execute your plot is to entice him into your mother’s bedroom and when he is busy chopping your mother you burst in and pull the ttrigger,how about that?
Good Afternoon
I have read a lot of things on LT but I never read someone openly calling for the assasination of a former president and the ruling one. One lousy aspect of the internet is that you are guilty of sharing your mind with the whole world, unless you can prove to the jury that some intruder suddenly fingered into your keyboard. I wish you good luck kusogolo…
It’s just like how some Americans act whenever they don’t have any explanation as to why something is not working out well within their country. The easiest thing: they blame Bush!
This case has been a circus, lawyers just want to continue chewing the money! LAZ was on NCC,but look at what has come out, LAZ knew that the task force was an illegal entity but they failed to guide the nation. Zambia will continue running in circles…
FTJ dont deserve to go thru the courts without an initial arrest! this is ridiculously insane! how do u drag someone to court if the police hasnt made an initial arrest? in order to appeal any case someone has to be booked and remaneded in prison just like mmembe, mpombo, chabwela, kalumba and his gang etc. why hasnt chiluba or his wife not been arrested and then sent to court? thats why im for a good hero carrying out a mission
chiluba should be sent to prison until proven guilty! people have enriched themselves out of this useless case. people have ascended to power out of this case. people have become important out of this case. people have bankrupty zambia in the name of this case. sata and kabimba should be careful because they promised to let FTJ go scot free when he was supporting them last election
people dont be taken as fools by these unqualified politicians. mmembe is on top of FTJs case just becoz ftj is not on the PF camp today. mmembe was quite when jtj was supporting PF. what has changed now? lets say sata was in office today and fulfilled his 2006 promise on ftj cases, what would you as a blogger and your friend mmembe would do? stop this crying and whinning anytime someone gives their opinion!
my observation on this blog is that 99 % of you just go wherever the wind blow! just becoz sata and mmembe said their was trouble in the pact, everybody was in agreement while a week before that everybody was saying the pact is just trying to comfuse mmd!!! what a shame on you bloggers!
make up your mind and stick to it! thats why i like chief boot licker and his brother ben kangwa aka senior citizen, capitalist etc. they stick to their phylosophy no matter what! if they are too embarrassed to show their support for any publication, they just keep away from bloggs until they read something close to their hearts.
if you a man i hope you are teaching your children to be real men and women who can not be taken for fools. if you are a woman i hope you remember the labor pains and instill character in your children and your household. dont just follow what your lazzy husband or boyfriend is telling to do just because you are from africa, stand up and start being counted as an equal partner!
i said all the above to remind you that you have a duty to defend yourself, your country, your ecomic status and overall your religion no matter what. how many people do you know can stand up firm and defend christianity? dont look far, start by asking yourself first! lets defend zambia!!! the mission is awaiting for the heroes!!!!
Looks like we have been visited by a lunatic today? Please take him back to Chainana without delay.
well, well well well, the comedy continues. All the best ba LAZ and I hope your request will be attended to soon. Can someone explain whether or not George Kunda misled the late President on Chiluba’s case. Just who is telling us the truth????