MMD’s Mafinga Member of Parliament Catherine Namugala has filed an injunction restraining her party from expelling her.
Ms Namugala who is the chairperson for women’s affairs also wants the court to declare null and void the appointment of MMD Senga MP Kapembwa Simbao as acting national secretary following the expulsion of Richard Kachingwe, who was the party’s national secretary.
She sued Mr Simbao as a first defendant in his own capacity and Mr Simbao as a second defendant on behalf of the MMD in his capacity as acting national secretary.
Ms Namugala further wanted the court to declare whether Mr Simbao’s appointment as acting national secretary was legitimately done and also nullify the proceedings of the meeting that appointed Mr Simbao because it failed to form a quorum
Ms Namugala contested in an injunction filed before the Lusaka High Court principal registry that she was still a member of the troubled opposition party.
She stated that in 2011 the MMD held a convention which elected all National Executive Committee (NEC) members on which its then national secretary, Major Kachingwe was elected but that his subsequent replacement by Mr Simbao was rejected.
She said that on December 3 2012, Mr Simbao was purportedly adopted by MMD leader, Nevers Mumba’s group in the NEC despite the grouping not forming a quorum of half of the NEC members of 64 as required by the party guidelines.
Ms Namugala said that the Court should therefore declare that Mr Simbao’s appointment was null and void.
She said that on December 24 2012, Mr Simbao wrote her a letter of disciplinary action in which he purported to act in pursuant to the powers vested under Article 46 (I) and (3) of the party constitution when he was not national secretary or deputy national secretary elected by the party convention.
Ms Namugala said the MMD purported to charge her with two offences of which she exculpated herself to Mr Simbao despite being acting national secretary a position she described as illegitimate and unconstitutional.
She said that Mr Simbao and MMD through Dr Mumba had hatched a plan to expel legitimate members including her for standing up to defend the party constitution.
Judge Fulgeance Chisanga who is handling the matter has since set January 23, 2013 as the date for inter-parte hearing.
Way to go.Remember that there is still space in the boat if this fails.
Kuyabebele!
She has seen that they are taking too long to fire her, so she wants it happen faster after the court ruling.
It is a question of having one’s priorities right. Surely the most sensible thing for her now is to devote her energy to attend to the lawsuit against her and her adulterous lifestyle as reported elsewhere.
Is that so! Shame to our woman I once adored.
I admire women like namugala, masebo and nawakwi but my problem is they adulterous life as qouted by No 3. I dont want them near my children. shame.
This is what happens corrupt Namugala is blackmailed by her corruption and her daughter’s marriage to a PF member. She is being blackmailed because of the daughter’s marriage and her corruption cases of the Loans she got from government public financial institutions.
Namugala has been blackmailed by Dictator Sata declaring Muchinga a province which was a brain child of Namugala.
Namugala should just pay our public fund she got from the government. She is now selling herself in form of sex.
Lawyers as instanced by frequent happenings seem to be wise men of the day if not all seasons.In every news read they appear, if you can, don’t feed your children with
food out of immoral practices.A game of football has better laws (rules) than a game
of law practice.Be warned for goodness sake.
Go there scantily dressed, your petition will be heard
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