THE Constitutional Court of Zambia has this morning declared Lumezi Parliamentary Candidate as duly elected Member for Lumezi Constituency.
The Court said Mr Zulu it cannot find any evidence to warrant overturning the election after determining that Ms Chisulo Zelipa who had challenged the election failed to prove that the Lumezi lawmaker has no Grade 12 Certificate and participated in the bribery of voters during the 2021 General elections.
In a sharp turn from its previous ruling in the Malanji case, the Court firmly stated that the burden to prove that a candidate has no Grade 12 squarely lies on the alleger and not the Respondent.
The Court says it was satisfied that, even if the evidential burden was to shift to Mr Zulu, the Lumezi lawmaker clearly proved he had a Grade 12 Certificate which made the Electoral Commission of Zambia accept his nomination.
According to the Court, Munir Zulu had shown that he was born in 1987 and completed his education at LICEF contrary to some purported and unverified evidence obtained by Ms Chisulo from social media that the Grade 12 certificate issued in 1988 belonged to Mr Zulu.
The Court also said there was no merit in the allegations that Mr Zulu participated in malpractices and bribery in Lumezi Constituency by merely promising that he was going to make donations to the people of Lumezi.
The Constitutional Court also said that challenging nomination of candidates must be done within the time provided by the Constitution.
The Court dismissed all the allegations that were levelled against the Lumezi lawmaker as lacking merit and ordered that each party must bear own costs.
Southern Province was a no go area during the elections……but that is another story for 2026. Tukalwa if someone will try to rig the elections.
Paipa pano!
In your face hh. You cannot stop the will of the people. Abash one party state, abash hh
Bravo to Munir we need you at this crucial time when HH wants to bring in a one party state .we need men like you who cannot be bought
He’s not a threat to Upnd.
The dictator has imposed his decision on Napsa without stakeholders’ input. Instead of calling all stakeholders on changes in Napsa reforms, he unilaterally changed the law. That is how dictators work. No one can question him not even trade unions group. He needs to be tamed before he imposes homosexuality in the country. He has proved to be brainless when making decisions. He thinks Zambia is his kantemba where he can make personal decision with no backing from stakeholders.
Munir is 35 years old?..He looks and behaves like a teen
Congratulations but please do us all a favour and grow up young man… otherwise you are wasting this valuable seat by behaving like a child.Parliament is for serious national business baba….Your friends like Rishi Sunak have become Prime Ministers of powerful industrialised countries at age 42….
well done concourt and congratulations Munir dont be distracted by destine destroyers you have along way to go and you are a man.Continue fighting for the poor from your area and zambia at large.Look at the ruling now,For honarable Malanji it was said he had no grade 12 certificate and he was booted out of the race inactual sense he was also accepted by ECZ to stand, now look at the confusion concourt is trying to drag this nation into.The panel which sat on Munir’s case did a recomendable job.That is how judges are suppose to delibarate.
Our Judiciary needs to introspect and themselves whether they’re being useful to Zambia’s political dispensation. They need serious introspection otherwise they’ll lose even the little respect that we have for them
In a sharp turn from its previous ruling in the Malanji case, the Court firmly stated that the burden to prove that a candidate has no Grade 12 squarely lies on the alleger and not the Respondent.
The Court WAS INSTRUCTED TO FIX MALANJI.
Where is Kaizer Zulu kanshi?????