COURT BACKS SAMPA: PF CONVENTION DECLARED LEGAL IN MAJOR BLOW TO MUNDUBILE CAMP.
By Namangolwa Mushokabanji
The Lusaka High Court has ruled that the Patriotic Front (PF) convention held on October 24, 2023, under Matero Member of Parliament Miles Sampa, was legally constituted.
In a judgment delivered on March 27, 2026, High Court Judge Conceptor Zulu found that the plaintiffs, led by Brian Mundubile and eight other Members of Parliament failed to prove their case against the defendants in the ongoing PF leadership dispute.
Judge Zulu stated that the plaintiffs did not provide sufficient evidence to support their claims that the convention contravened the party constitution, particularly regarding the alleged absence of a Central Committee.
As a result, the court dismissed the matter in its entirety.
This is a Bizarre Judgement. I can’t understand it.
What was the consent agreement all about?
I thought the consent was that the so called Patriotic Front Conference of 24th October was illegal. Both Parties agreed to this. That is why it was meant to be a Consent Judgement.
And those were the submissions from even Miles Sampa. He submitted that the Conference didn’t meet the requirements of the Patriotic Front Constitution.
How does the Honorable judge rule out of what the parties had consented to, and what they had submitted ? What is the basis of this Judgement?
It’s a case where parties go to Court to reconcile, and the court refuses to have them reconcile! Refusing to reconcile parties in a Civil Matter????
A thief goes to the Police and confesses that he stole, and provides evidence that he actually stole, but the Police refuse arguing that he didn’t steal!!!!
Very Strange.
Please, read the judgment before commenting with misleading details.
Zambians, dont like to READ, instead, they like collecting social media gossip on which they form opinions.
Who told you this was a judgment for a consent agreement? The main issue before the court was whether the conference was valid under the PF Constitution.
If you read the judgment, you will find that the Plaintiffs, in this case, Mundubile & Company, argued that the conference was unconstitutional. They claimed that it lacked quorum and violated several party rules, including the absence of a proper agenda and voter register, as demanded by the PF constitution.
The court stated that it was upon the Plaintiffs to prove that the process was illegal.
The court found that, although the Central Committee did not approve the meeting as per the PF constitution, this was due to a non-functioning Central Committee at the time, as both ECL and Davies Mwila resigned.
As a result, the Plaintiffs failed to prove their case, highlighting a gap in the party constitution, and proper process wasn’t followed.
Accordingly, the Conference was legal. NO TALK of consent agreement, Period.
And when we tell you that issues in PF were your own making, too much Lawlessness
The Court did not sign that CONSENT JUDGMENT. The Court instead proceeded to have the matter determined on its merits and has now delivered its JUDGMENT.
@chindababeleka
If this was the case what then did the Hon Judge Concepta Zulu refer to a full Trial in late 2025? She referred the Consent Judgement to a full Trial.
She could simply have rejected the Consent Draft and informed the Parties in March , 2025 that the Consent had been rejected, and that the Case of Brian Mundubile and others and Miles Sampa was going to proceed as originally before the Court. SHE DIDN’T DO THAT!
And what are the facts before the Honorable Courts on which she based her judgement when the Convener of the Conference, Miles Sampa submitted that the Patriotic Front Conference of 24th October, 2023 was illegal???
Any way Vyakulola Vye.
Am sure Hon Miles Sampa, Hon Chishimba Kambwili and Hon Mudolo who were waiting for this Judgement, have seen the kind of Judgement from our Courts.
The implications of this Judgement is that since the 24th October 2023 so called PF conference was legal, as ruled by the Court, so was Miles Sampa ‘ s Appointments of the self confessed Ex Pimp Robert Chabinga as Leader of the Opposition, and Morgan Ng’ona as Secretary.. And since the said Miles Sampa had been expelled from the Patriotic Front by Ex Pimp Robert Chabinga, then the latter ‘s claims to the PF Presidency stands…and Miles Sampa should now go to the Court of Appeal, which might hear his case in 2027!
PF set the precedent when Sata died, with two conventions happening simultaneously in the same town, Kabwe. Guy Scott, Vice President, led one convention where Miles was elected or adopted; the other, led by the panga-boys, elected or adopted Edgar. Edgar’s victory was ratified by a judge overnight. Miles only repaid a favor to Edgar seven years later. Bring the popcorn and celebrate Robert Chabinga. That’s PFools for you. I love it!