The Lusaka High Court has dismissed the petition brought by UPND Kabwata constituency parliamentary candidate Mulenga Sata against PF’s Given Lubinda for failure to prove allegation of corruption and malpractices.
Mr Sata was challenging the election of Mr Lubinda as Kabwata Constituency Member of Parliament in the 2016 general elections.
Lusaka High Court Judge Betty Mung’omba in her judgement said she found the election petition lacking in merit.
Judge Mung’omba further said the petitioner admitting that he did not have evidence of Mr Lubinda using government resources was clearer evidence that the election was free and fair.
And the High Court has upheld the election of independent Mwembeshi MP Machila Jamba.UPND’s Austin Milambo challenged the election of Mr Jamba alleging electoral malpractice.
Meanwhile, UPND winning candidate for Mongu Central Mwilola Imakando and Independent candidate for Nangoma Brian Hamusonde have had their election victories upheld as the petitioners failed to prove their allegations.
Disgusting judgment!
All PF were found guilty & wanting by the Con~Court for illegally staying in ministerial positions.
Shocking! All illegal MPs of PF must be arrested.
The Skeleton Key
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@Neutral made a valid contribution when Nkandu Luo seat was nullified. Am agreeing with him.
@Neutral contribution dated 22/11/2016 on the article ‘Lusaka High court nullifies the election of Prof Nkandu Luo as Munali MP’
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“Much as electoral victory was stolen from UPND in Lusaka & Copperbelt, this nullification is not genuine. UPND shud not celebrate too early. It is a negotiated and smooth purge of Sata Family Forest from the political scene. Lungu is scared of firing them directly like he did with Kambwili because of the anticipated backlash from th Luapula_Northern Axis of PF power so he has decided to get rid of them thru the Courts.
Its a double boomerang on original PF members both politically being discarded like tissue and economically as IMF is also…
contd…..
unwillingly to bail out this failed government. The famous ‘balibomba Ama Roads’ now totally abandoned.
PF is in total disarray!” End of quote.
@1 Skeleton
We sympathize you are only a skeleton.
Is Given Lubinda a man or a woman, the way he is dressed?
You are confusing being in office with using GRZ resources.
Further proof that a good lawyer is an absolute necessity in any court case. The lawyer for the UPND candidate in Munali made a fabulous case. Clearly Mulenga Sata’s lawyer did not make a good case. Evidence of rigging was everywhere but if you cannot marshal the evidence in front of the court then you will fail.
@1.6 Buck Teeth Lungu
Time tested. It has always been that way. It is the reason we need lawyers, good lawyers.
This country has gone to the dogs-its like any judge from the green part of map Zambia rules in favour of PF while those with roots from the red mapped territory rules in favour of UPND.
Its common sense that all the ministers abused govt resources, so what is this shameless woman saying by stating that elections where free and fair?
So becoming an MP is now a three stage process:
1. Successfully get adopted by one’s party
2. Win an election
3. Successfully defend the election in court
It is a circus mwebantu! No progress as we feast on politics!!!! Ine uluse….
You cannot say these used government resources because they had more money than what they getting as ministers. If it is government resources which made them to what of KELVIN SAMPA IN KASAMA who defeated GBM.s daughter. If it is violence which should be used as a yard stick then most seats in SS Province would nullified
shocking Judgement.
in nullifying the election of Prof Luo ,judge Musona was emphatic:
that the political battle in Munali was not even as Prof Luo was a Serving Minister , used government resources incuding salary illegally, resources which the other candidates did not have access to.
that Prof Luo did not need police permit to campaign as a serving minister.
That the ECZ failed to provide form Gen12 .
These grounds also affect Hon Lubinda . This judgement is faulty and must be appealed
Read my comment above.
@ Neutral has already warned us. To be forewarned is forearmed.
The judgment is utterly shocking.
All oposition pertitioners are now to forcus on ministers being in office after disoluttion of parliament as the basis for pertitioning and be able to prove that it disadvantaged them as the precedence has been set.
@4 Doreen brought good evidence we were in court with her
hmmm
Lubinda is guilty as well, UPND campaign team was beaten at Kabwata market by PF cadres in Police safaris, violence and undue advantage are some of the grounds,no G12 inclusively. Some judges are purely PF n their adjudication is always doubtful.
This lady judge is more mature and more intelligent than MUSONA.
I’M BEING SACRIFICED…LUNGU IS A BAD BOY, HE HATES SATA’S RELATIVES COMPLAIN NKANDU LUO.
Zambian Observer
The Given Lubinda ruling should be appealed becoz ECZ mishandled the Gen12 forms in the same way as they did in Munali. Surely Given Lubinda as a PF Minister convicted by Concourt for staying in his post illegally was being paid by govt and was using his Ministerial cars for campaigning. Mulenga Sata’s lawyer did a shoddy job.
NKANDU lost because she had offended the Musong ‘a chap sometimes back. This and her He She appearance cost her dearly.
since the election of Nkandu Luo was nillified, is she going to stay as higher Education minister or she must step down?
I can surely assure Zambians that the Zambian Courts re fair after learning from the Con Court mistakes.
Pls Lusaka times, make sure u edit ur stories b4 posting otherwiz some mistakes like names can b confusing to readers. For instance, Nangoma independent member of parliament is not Brian but Boyd Hamusonde. Thank you.