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PURSUING JUSTICE AND EQUITY WITH INTEGRITY Vol. 6. Issue 2637
Martha Mushipe
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Tuesday June 30, 2020
UPND HIT SQUAD EXPOSED
Emmanuel Chilekwa
Ephraim Shakafuswa
By OLIVER SAMBOKO
T
HE UPND formed a crack squad to cause violence ahead of the 2016 elections, the Lusaka Magistrate Court heard yesterday. A State witness yesterday testified before the Lusaka Magistrate court how Lusaka lawyer Martha Mushipe and other UPND members formed a crack squad with the intention to cause violence ahead of the 2016 general elections. Testifying before Magistrate Felex Kaoma, Mr Bernard Phiri told the court that a meeting to plan violence was attended by UPND members, including former Evelyn Hone lecturer Clayson Hamasaka, Emmanuel Chilekwa and Ephraim Shakafuswa at Ms Mushipe’s law firm in Lusaka. Story on Page 3
Clayson Hamasaka
…as witness reveals investigation details in court
Panic as 6 Kenyan MPs test positive
LAZ, SPEAKER DIFFER By AARON CHIYANZO THE Speaker, Dr Patrick Matibini was out of order to expel Chishimba Kambwili as Roan member of Parliament, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has said. In agreeing with the Constitutional Court, LAZ president, Eddie Mwitwa, said the association did not agree with Dr Matibini’s stance that he does not agree with the Constitutional Court’s ruling that the Speaker had no Constitutional mandate to interpret the law and the Republican
Constitution. Dr Matibini said this when he rendered part of his ruling on a point of order raised by Mazabuka Central UPND member of Parliament Garry Nkombo last week. “In view of the foregoing, I am not persuaded by the observation or indeed suggestion by the Constitutional Court in the Kambwili case that the speaker has no Constitutional mandate to interpret the law and the constitution. To Pg 3
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EDDIE MWITWA LAZ president
NXIETY has hit Parliament after six legislators tested positive to coronavirus. The lawmakers are admitted in different hospitals in Nairobi, with one said to be in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Meanwhile, sources revealed that many other legislators who had come into contact with their positive colleagues rushed to get tested during the weekend, raising fears that the number of the positive cases could rise once their re-
sults are released. Among those said to be in the hospital is a ranking member of the National Assembly, who by virtue of his office, is feared to have exposed himself to many of his colleagues, with confidential sources indicating to The Standard that more than 20 legislators had gone for tests after learning of his hospitalisation. A first-time MP from western Kenya is said to have contracted the virus after interacting closely with the colleague who is in ICU, while another is a Coast MP. To Page 3
SAKI SLAMS ‘DISHONEST’ CHURCHES, CSOs On Page 3
Katele cautions over bond issuance On Page 3