PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has sworn in eight (8) High Court Judges with a call to deliver quality and fair justice. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony at State House today, President Lungu said people have raised concerns over the delay in the disposal of court cases.
“As you join the bench, your first task is to address one of the biggest concerns by members of the public relating to the delay in the disposal of court cases,” he said.
He notes that out of the 37 High Court Judges, 21 are female and only 16 are male and that today’s appointment of more male judges is meant to balance the gender of Judges in the High Court.
“I expect that with your appointment which has substantially increased the number of High Court Judges, we will see an improvement in the time taken to dispose off court cases,” he said.
The Head of State said it is the duty of the Judges to guard the integrity and independence of the judiciary by carrying out their functions without outside influence.
“As the Excutive, on our part, we will continue to uphold and respect the doctrine of separation of power and the independence of the judiciary,” he said.
He stated that in accordance with article 259 of the Constitution of Zambia, appointments to public office should among other things take into account equitable representation of the youth, gender balance and regional diversity.
He expressed happiness that a good number of Judges appointed are youths who form the majority of the population.
And the President has retaliated his government’s commitment to creating opportunities for the youth and building their capacity through appointments to high offices.
Those sworn in as High Court Judges include Evaristo Pengele, Koreen Etambuyu Mwenda – Zimba, Kenneth Mulife, Wilfred Godfrey Kopa Muma, Ruth Hachitapika Chibbabbuka, Abha Nayar Patel, SC, Bonaventure Chakwawa Mbewe and Kazimbe Chenda.
The ceremony was witnessed by Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima, Minister of Justice Given Lubinda and Attorney General Likando Kalaluka among other Government Officials
Good job ECL
Now this is What am talking about!
What some beauty of female judges am watching. Lord have.
Please come arrest and before that Indian judge.
Somebody is doing the job he is paid for and some body says good job ECL. Ubututu (ignorance) remains a very big challenge in our continent
A debarred lawyer swearing judges…that’s like a crooked engineer swearing in University Professors!!
By 2021 there will be more of these useful foooools in the judiciary!!
With a highly incompetent & compromised ConCourt as the highest appeals court, Zambian judiciary is a nothing but a rotten bag of maggots.
Fake judges who think law is about protecting their status and not the citizens. Imprisoning someone for contempt of court is autocratic. Get that guy out of prison you pretenders. Lungu serving imbeciles
Some of us are looking forward to when you will swear in a functioning brain in that head of yours Mr. Humble president coz the one currently rattling around in that thick skull of yours has reached zero economic value.
there’s no independent judiciary in Zambia
uyu wine kateka abo mungulu …his body language tells a lot. he never looks relaxed unless he’s dancing.
how do you have one hand unfolded the other one naupanga ne kofi, (last pic). the rest of the people in the pic look pretty relaxed except for him. ninshi? alcoholic withdraws ?
The European Union (EU) says Zambia must respect human rights and press freedoms as signed in various international and regionally agreements.
The EU also says Prime Television broadcasting licence suspension must be lifted.
What is umungulu?
Increase Court space, it’s futile to have 5 judges at Kitwe against 2 Courtrooms. The High Court has to suspend cases whenever the Supreme Court is sitting at Ndola or Kabwe. That’s not good enough
Good more women less men. One Indian or paki hope not taking jobs meant for Zambian. I notice one judge is missing. Where is judge Wang Lee?.
Diversity, but now African countries should fight for Black people to be given jobs in India. I don’t care what inferiority complex Zambians think.
@Nzelu, for goodness sake why should you assume someone is of a certain Nationality based solely on their skin color? Don’t you think that’s ignorant and stup!dy? Especially given the number of years and generations people of Indian decent have lived in Zambia.
Many of these younger people of Indian decent are as Zambian as anybody else. Born and bred in Zambia (probably to Zambian parents who just happen to be Indian racially,) have Zambian birth certificates, Zambian passports, only know some imitation of Indian food, educated in Zambian schools by Zambian teachers (I personally attached school with plenty of them at Hillcrest.) Most likely if they went or visited India they would feel just as foreign and out of place as you. So what is this garbage you are spewing on here that…
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India should also give jobs to “black people” in India just because you see a well qualified Zambian woman who just happen to be of Indian decent being elevated to the Higher Court. This is the height of intellectual laziness and should stop!
I am sure India’s priority is to create jobs for it’s CITIZENS. And I am sure Indian citizenship does NOT discriminate based on COLOR….and there are BLACK PEOPLE in India if you didn’t know. How ignorant can you be!?
Actually, that Zambian judge of Indian origin is very competent and successful. Her law firm employs a lot of Zambians of Bantu origin.
Bottom line is that they are all Zambians.
Judge s for what. We need medical doctors and teachers
Medical doctors don’t have judges who can rule medical lawsuits.
So they give you an Indian Chick.
I see you Judge Bona Mbewe. Good Choice.
Good work to appoint the judges, let’s hope court cases will not be dragging.
Even simple cases are not disposed off.
Let them not sentence six months for
Stealing a banana.try to decongest the
Prisons.
They actually mean ” 8 Pf judges have been sworn in”
Am sure MTEMBO NCHITO,has received this news of appointing NEW AND YOUNG JUDGES with sadness.
I recall how MTEMBO NCHITO and his TASK headed by Late mexwell nkhole .They used a crusade knows as ‘ FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION ‘.Mwanawasa administration pursued senior government especially bembas and easterners.That was a source disgruntled JUDGESHIPS into Judiciary especially in High court.This is a tool which NCHITO,M’MEEMBE and a new kid in the blockbuster HH want to use High Court to turn down 2016 by elections.Unfortunately wisest ECL restructured back constitution court and evict NCHITO and M’MEEMBE of judicial influence and information.Today High court judges are toothless.
Another 8 PFoools captured judges, we all no one will ever have a fair trial with this lot, another constitutional court in the making, what ever this rubbish moron touches is left rotten, debarred thieving moron
More drain on our coffers because judges are paid hefty salaries and entitlements which the poor citizens have to pay for. I wouldn’t say congratulations knowing too way this is going to hit people’s pockets hard. We need more doctors than people who will be caging poor unrepresented citizens
Wait until you have a case before the Court and there are no judges to adjudicate your case, that’s when you will understand the negatives of having a depleted Judiciary.
Increase judiciary funding too coz many Zambian courthouses look derelict and unsuitable.Let the judiciary independently build its courthouses.
Where are Tumbuka judges ,Lenje judges , Soli judges and Tonga judges here? Appointments must always reflect the true Zambia.
Congratulations to the new judges, I wish them great success, good health and a long life.
Regrets some people don’t see anything good in what ecl does.
Bwishi bwikasa.
It’s sad that whatever the President does some people who deliberately chosen to see the bad part of it,ofcourse the President too is human and as such his likely to make mistakes but honestly speaking how can everything that he does be a mistake?why only chose to see the bad that he does?
The Patel you see here is a pure Zambian just like our Dipak Patel and Hon Lubinda all are children of this soil and they can serve in any capacity as long as they have the right qualifications. One Zambia One Nation