The Tribunal headed by Malawian Judge Lovemore Chikopa set up to investigate Judges, Nigel Mutuna, and Charles Kajimanga has been dissolved.
The Tribunal was set up in April 2012 by President Michael Sata following the complaint by Post Newspaper proprietor Fred Mmembe and Mutembo Nchito when they alleged that Judges Nigel Mutuna, Judge Charles Kajimanga and Supreme Court Justice, Philip Musonda, misconducted themselves over the handling of the Zambian Airways court case (where they are shareholders).
The Tribunal was dissolved by President Edgar Lungu following a Consent Judgement entered into by the Attorney General and the Judges.
President Edgar Lungu has since revoked the suspensions and reinstated the Judges and has allowed them to work as puisine judges of the High Court.
The Tribunal failed to sit when it was frustrated by numerous court applications and injunctions.
And Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima has appointed Judge Charles Kajimanga as Judge-in-Charge.
This matter has infuriated Fred Mmembe who has written a new letter of complaint letter to Chief Justice Ireen Mambilima claiming that it would be difficult for him and his colleagues to obtain Justice from the Judiciary “since the judges were intent or appointed to fix them”.
President Edgar Lungu’s recent actions have been hailed and interpreted by many observers who feel that President Lungu is on a path to dismantle the hold and control of public institutions by the group famously known as the “Cartel” who were accused of holding individuals and public institutions captive to their whims.