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LAZ suspends Maureen Mwanawasa from practicing as a lawyer.

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The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has suspended the law firm owned by former First Lady, Dr. Maureen Mwanawasa from practicing as a lawyer.

In a statement released to the media and signed by LAZ Secretary Sila Mambwe, the association said that it has also deregistered the law firm belonging to her late husband, and former President, Dr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa as it is a one-person firm.

The statement said that the decision to suspend Mrs. Mwanawasa and the law firm is with immediate effect.

Recently the former first lady was given a seven-day ultimatum in which to settle over K6 million debt owed to Finance Bank Zambia from a loan obtained in 2013.

And the bank requested the Lusaka High Court to issue a bankruptcy notice against Mrs. Mwanawasa for failing to pay the said amount.

In October 2018, Finance Bank sued Maureen, demanding payment of more than K6.7 million under a facility agreement dated March 14, 2013.

Following the letter addressed to the acting Chief Justice and the courts among others, Dr Mwanawasa is not expected to appear before any court or tribunal until further notice

18 COMMENTS

  1. Witch hunting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mwanawasa’s company does not fit in anything which the wife is owing a bank!!!!!!!

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  2. Iyeee imwe muyanu! Manje those millions that you guys borrow from one another — how do you figure it out? I cannot even imagine ka 100k Kwacha neo.

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  3. @Musa, banati ni one-man army so by stopping her practicing they have automatically ordered the Law firm to shut. I think something can be done to separate the individual from the Law Firm mwe. Nanga kulibe mwana anga pitilize bizmiss imene iyi?

  4. Embarrassing but rules are rules.hope she bounces back for the sake of the highly respected mwanawasa name

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  5. This is sad to hear as Zambians have very
    High respect for the Mwanawasa family.
    At the same time LAZ are carrying out their
    Work.

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  6. JUST SHOWING NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW
    FOR A CHANGE
    SAD NEVERTHELESS BUT WHAT DID SHE DO WITH THE BUCKS ?
    DID SHE THINK WITH PF SHE WOULD BE SAVED >>> WHO KNOWS

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  7. Women must understand that to be married to a great man doesn’t make them great as well. Some aspects of Maureen’s life are embarrassing. She’s tried to thrive on the name of LPM but she’s far below the standards. What happened to the assets that LPM left and to which she behaved like she were the sole beneficiary? Very greedy woman

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  8. When one is living he works hard to provide for his kith and kin..it looks easy sometimes you might think he is being mean…when you step in his shoes you see what you have never seen and you ask ‘how were you managing?

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  9. This is what we mean when we we say Zambia is finished. First it reverends like Anosh Chipawa that were in trouble, then followed doctors like Kashiwa Bulaya, there was quite a good number of commissioned officers like Generals who were on trouble not for the reason of taking over power. After them State Counsels have followed and now we have a First Lady! What hope is there for Zambia? We are slowly destroying this country. Look at Nigeria, it’s difficult to trust one even if he hasn’t stolen from you because that’s how they have defined their country. We are also headed in the same direction. If the above people can’t be trusted, whom are we going to? This isn’t political, it’s who we are

  10. Reason doesn’t convince me that It has happened that way, one would ask don’t this former first lady have her benefits from the government of Zambia every month even more allowances on top of it ! ! Doesn’t the highest office acknowledge that she is a government trophy!
    The government must be in a position to explain to the Zambians as to what is cooking on in the family of the former First Lady .
    This lady is not just a former first lady but also an employer of some Zambians as a law firm manager.
    Please let someone from the presidents office come out and explain to the nation.

  11. Iwee she ws jst a wife of a president, wht do the nation hv to do for her? Nothing, wht she picked frm her loot, thts enough, wht more??

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