High Court
Judgments and proceedings in the High Court of Zambia.
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Crime & Courts
Kitwe High Court Throws Out Kalulushi Constituency Election Petition
The Kitwe High Court has dismissed the Kalulushi Constituency election petition with...
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Crime & Courts
Six Parliamentary Seats Challenged Before the Lusaka High Court
Former Ministers, PAUL KABUSWE and SYLVIA MASEBO, are among 6 parliamentary candidates,...
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Crime & Courts
Solwezi court refers Mundubile, Zulu sedition case to High Court
Principal Resident Magistrate, Mambwe Mukonde, has referred the two-count sedition case involving former 2026 NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu, to the High Court after ruling that the Solwezi Magistrates’ Court lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter. Citing provisions of…
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Crime & Courts
High Court dismisses Yenga application
Rules that Kabwata seat petition was duly filed GRACE CHAILE Lusaka LUSAKA High Court has dismissed an application by Kabwata Member of Parliament Danny Yenga seeking to have a petition challenging his election dismissed, ruling that the petition was filed within the prescribed 14-day period…
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Crime & Courts
43 Nrpup Members Released after High Court Ruling
Forty-three people detained at Chelston Police Station since August 14th are now free after the Lusaka High Court ruled that their continued detention was not justified. Among those released is National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity-NRPUP official Joseph Kaseya, who was picked up together…
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Crime & Courts
More losing candidates petition High Court over parliamentary election results
More losing candidates have petitioned the Lusaka High Court seeking the nullification of parliamentary election results, citing alleged violence, intimidation, electoral malpractice and breaches of electoral procedures. Among the latest petitions is one filed by UPND candidate for Mwenzo Constituency, Musingwa Siame, challenging the election…
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Crime & Courts
High Court dismisses Chongwe East election petition
An election challenge by NRPUP candidate Geoffrey Chumbwe against the victory of Chongwe East MP Anita Kamanga has been dismissed after the Lusaka High Court found that the petition was filed outside the mandatory 14-day period. Chumbwe, who polled 3,185 votes against Kamanga’s 16,058, had…
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Africa & World
Andrew Wilson, the first prosecution witness in Dr. Kizza Besigye’s treason trial has told the High Court in Kampala that the Kenyan Police set up two pistols and the entire crime scene
UPDATE: Andrew Wilson, the first prosecution witness in Dr. Kizza Besigye’s treason trial has told the High Court in Kampala that the Kenyan Police set up two pistols and the entire crime scene. The court heard that Dr Besigye and his co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale…
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Crime & Courts
Enock Tongas Wife Seeks Court Order to Free Husband
Peggy Sakala Tonga has gone to the Lusaka High Court seeking a writ of habeas...
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Crime & Courts
Court orders State to produce Tonse/Pamodzi secretary general, Mukandila
The Lusaka High Court has ordered the State to produce Tonse/Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General Celestin Mukandila before the court and show cause why he should not be released from detention. High Court Judge Mwila Kombe issued the order on Thursday after granting leave for the…
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Politics
Photo Focus: UPND Supporters Gather at Kitwe Court as Mukuka Challenges Parliamentary Nkana Results
UPND supporters have gathered at the Kitwe High Court to show support for the losing UPND Nkana Constituency Parliamentary Candidate, Francis Mukuka. Mukuka has petitioned the election of Alexander Chiteme as Nkana Member of Parliament in the High Court. Mukuka alleges that the election was…
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Crime & Courts
Malanji remains in jail as court rejects bid to ‘spend appeal time at home’
FORMER foreign affairs minister Joseph Malanji will continue sleeping under correctional supervision after the High Court rejected his attempt to get bail pending appeal. In
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Politics
Mutotwe Kafwaya’s wife seeks husband’s release from detention
THE wife of former Lunte MP Mutotwe Kafwaya has filed an application in the Lusaka High Court seeking an order for her missing husband to be brought before court. His wife, Dinis Ng’andu, has filed an application in the Lusaka High Court seeking leave to…
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Crime & Courts
Court hears Masebo’s electoral claims
Ex-lawmaker is challenging Anita Kamanga’s election victory GRACE CHAILE, GIDEON NYENDWA Ndola, Lusaka THE Lusaka High Court has heard testimony claiming that independent Chongwe East Member of Parliament (MP) Anita Kamanga supplied pepper spray to a group of men and instructed them to attack members…
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Crime & Courts
Former ministers Kabuswe, Masebo challenge election defeats in court
Former Cabinet ministers, Paul Kabuswe, and Sylvia Masebo, have petitioned the Lusaka High Court seeking to overturn their parliamentary election defeats, alleging that their opponents used character assassination, vote buying, intimidation and other electoral malpractice to influence voters. Kabuswe, a former Minister of Mines and…
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Politics
Harry Findlay appears in court on terrorism financing charge
LUSAKA businessman Harry Findlay appeared in the Lusaka High Court facing a charge of prohibition against financing terrorism. Mr. Findlay, who appeared unwell, was before Judge Lameck Mwale for a possible plea. However, after the matter was heard in chambers, Judge Mwale recused himself, citing…
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Crime & Courts
Solwezi Court Rules It Has No Jurisdiction in Mundubile, Zulu Case
Principal Resident Magistrate Mambwe Mukonde has ruled that the Solwezi Magistrates’ Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the two-count sedition case involving 2026 presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu, referring the matter to the High Court for further proceedings. Citing provisions of…
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Crime & Courts
‘My gun was fired,’ Nurse tells court of Shikapwasha’s last words
The High Court has heard further medical and forensic evidence in the murder trial involving the late retired Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha, with a nurse telling the court what the former Zambia Air Force commander said shortly after he was brought to hospital following a…
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Crime & Courts
Enock Tonga’s Wife Seeks Court Order to Free Husband
Peggy Sakala Tonga has gone to the Lusaka High Court seeking a writ of habeas corpus to secure the release of her husband, Enock Tonga, who has been in police custody since August 17, 2026. Mrs. Tonga has named the Attorney General as the respondent…
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Crime & Courts
43 members of Tonse Alliance approach court to challenge continued detention
Forty-three members of the Tonse Alliance have gone to the Lusaka High Court challenging their continued detention, with one alleging he was beaten by armed men after carrying out election-related duties. Joseph Kaseya of Kabanana told the court that he was an Electoral Commission of…
