<\/a>Speaking during the launch of Zambia\u2019s judiciary’s strategic plan of the advisory committee on election management, the institute Executive Director, Felix Owuor, urged the Zambian judiciary to contribute meaningfully in strengthening the electoral process and dispute resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHe says the Zambian judiciary must refrain from being politicized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2016, the Constitutional Court had dismissed Mr. Hichilema’s election petition on a technicality without hearing the main matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The court had ruled that time to hear the matter had elapsed.
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