A Constitutional Court Love Affair at 10

The Life not Protected By The Constitution.

I discuss the constitutionality of the death penalty in Zambia and Offences that give rise to the death penalty. How execution of the death penalty is undertaken .I also discuss the recent proposal by the Zambian Government to abolish the death penalty and the steps that will required to achieve this.

A Constitutional Love Affair .

We answer the questions relating to "What is a Constitution ? " and the importances of the Zambian Constitution with support from two important court decisions . Cases Referres to in this Episode : 1. Christine Mulundika and 7 Others v The People Supreme Court (S.C.Z No.25 of 1995) and; 2. Godfrey Malembeka (Suing as Executive Director of Prison Care and Counselling Association) v The Attorney General and The Electoral Commission of Zambia 2016/CCZ/0013.

No need to change the electoral System,The Current one is just fine and okay.

This Episode looks at Clause 9 of the Constitution of Zambia(Amendment) No.10 and the suggestion of changing our current system from First-Past-The-Post to a Mixed Member System (MMP) . In this Episode we seriously look into Clause 9 of the Bill No.10 and point out the problem at 10 with clause with support from other various provisions of the Constitutions .

No More Oversight .. We are fine without it .

Parliamentary oversight is the crux of this episode .We are looking at Clause 13 of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment)Bill No.10 of 2019 and the proposal that Article 63 (2)(d) be deleted thus allowing the Executive to contract debt without any accountability from the National Assembly .However despite deleting this provision and Article 114(1)(e) of the Constitution of Zambia (As amended) . Article 207 of the Constitution of Zambia(Amendment No.2 of 2016) still prevents the Executive from borrowing any loan without the National Assembly's approval .

A Constitutional Court Love Affair at 10

The Episode commences with a brief overall of the actual process on how the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.10 of 2019 will be enacted and the role of the National Assembly and Parliament . The Episode also talks about proposed amendement to Article (1)(5) of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment No.2 of 2016) .The Episode further looks at the issue concerning the Sitting of the Constitutional Court with aid from the Published Recommendations of the Select committee on the Constitution and other foreign constitutions from within the region.