PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has appointed Solicitor-General Abyudi Shonga to act as Attorney General following the expiry of Mumba Malila’s contract.
President Banda said Mr Shonga would perform the duties of attorney general in accordance with Article 55 of the Constitution of Zambia until a substantive attorney general was appointed and ratified by Parliament.
In a statement released by Special Assistant to the president for Press and public relations Dickson Jere yesterday, President Banda explained that Mr Malila’s contract expired on December 1.
Mr Banda thanked Mr Malila for having rendered his service to the Government and the people of Zambia when he served as attorney general at the Ministry of Justice.
The president said he would consider appointing Mr Malila into the diplomatic service.
And Mr Malila paid tribute to President Banda for giving him an opportunity to serve under his administration.
Mr Malila said in an interview that he was grateful to have served under Mr Banda and commended Cabinet ministers and other Government officials for the support.
“Since my contract has expired I am grateful that I was allowed to serve the Zambian people and the Government as a whole. I am happy that President Banda gave me a chance to serve under his administration,” he said.
[Times of Zambia]
Ati ku foreign service? Elo lwanya nomba.
RB just want to facilitate to pay $6.5m to Chongwe.
Am not questioning RB’s decision not to renew Malila’s contract. He is empowered to do that. But even where we have the right and power to do things, there must be morality. We have High Court Judges and Security Chiefs whose contracts and ages have expired but have been allowed to continue in their jobs because they have thrown morality and proffessionalim through the window. This is very worring.
Everyone know RB cannot renew malila’s contract because of the Dora tribunal and malila’s stance on that issue. Anyway, RB stop bullshiting us, which foreign service are you planning to take malila. alisambilila malila and he will find something better to do.
How desperate can anyone be? surely what reasons would you have to replace him only to take him to foreign service. Has Malila failed his duties because if that is the case, fire him. If he is incompetent, why even consider him for another job. And how much better is the chap rupiah is going to bring in?
Ba malila mulibamano and you have proved you are not anyone’s d.. You would actually do well to turn down the offer and go into private sector. But like the Post newspapers say, it is so difficult for so many officers who are working under rupiah to consider such actions because of current economic situations.
Drama is any way, is the chongwe issue true? Clearly the move to shove malila out of AG’s office is to prepare for something. Something very big!!!!!!! watch this…
it looks like in Zambia the foreign service is the rubbish bin of political stooges!! In other countries foreign service is used to gain economic advantages. if someone is not good enough at home what more abroad?
He is appoitning his relatives to all key position..Umozi kumawa
Nomba mwaleta umutaliban. Ayduyudi ayub. huh elo lwanya
Good riddance. Everything has got an appointed time under the sun.
When is E. sakala going to leave chief justice office? bena tabachita retire?
We saw it coming, not suprising so that RB can proceed with his deals.Your days are numbered RB
Bushe RB ninamanshi? even where you expect open integrity you get rubish…what point does he want to prove? i think he doesnt deserve to be at plot 1…learn to be diplomatic and rational. I have feeling we have a childish president!!
# 8 wansekesha saana yaaaa!ati umu taliban “adyud ayub”!!!!!!!!!
Anyways am not sad that this guy has been removed he was RB’s puppet! and he will bring in another puppet. Isnt this the same Malila who refused to appeal against Chiluba? Why are people on this blog even on his side. He was just fooled, he thought if he became a ‘yes bwana’ he would keep his job. But he has suffered a rude shock. Now his reputation is tarnished lets see who would want to be close to him now. Muza yenda one one, last it will be RB himself.
Mumba has always been a man of good integrity. Nyamasoya, you have just given him the hank to become CJ and when your plunder cases come up in 2011, mudala uzalila nabana bako. Wait and see. Don’t treat other people like you think there is no tomorrow. Tomorrow is there and it is coming to haunt you. You have made far too many enemies in a very short time in ofice. Who do you really think you are? A God in state house or a servant of the people?
I can smell a rat on this issue.
#14 mwila langa ignorance pano. Bushe contract nga yapwa ninshi reputation is tarnished. It simply means it has run its full course for which it was intended. Thats why it has a commencement and expiry date. Elo mwila laba ati any constitutional position teya muya yayaya iyo.
Bali sambilila saana ba mudala, he can easily find something much better to do like go back into private practice. Bushe tamwamona bonse bena Mvunga, Eric Silwamba, Vincent Malambo bali bwekela after serving as Ministers muli ba mudala ba chiluba.
Bane ba Kaponya Malila ali ni Attorney General not DPP, with civil jurisdcition and not criminal iyo. Kuti achita shani appeal in a criminal matter. Mudala is still liable to pay back in civil jurisdiction even though acquitted in criminal proceedings.
How can a nation struggling to put things right throw such a dynamic zambian out just because of his stand on certain national issues? We need to cheerish professionals regardless of whatever stand they take because they are protecting the nation’s integrity! Please think before you act. Don’t act on emotions. Thanks!
It is time we stopped pretending that an Attorney General is independent. In Zambia simubisa nakubisa. You just fire under the guise of end of contract.
:-w RB have you forgotten how to think. What is it that you hiding? we will still find out. Dora you have lost popularity for Petauke central and you think you can make it in Nyimba? may be!