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ZAMBIA IN 2002 -
REVIEW OF POLITICS IN ZAMBIA
Year 2002 highlights
Jan 2. The year
begin with great hopes as
March
11: President Mwanawasa fires Information and Broadcasting
Minister Vernon Mwaanga and withdraws his nomination to Parliament. The
president names former Labor Minister Newstead Zimba to replace him.
March
15: The Supreme Court refuses a bid by President
Mwanawasa's lawyer to quash the election petition and grants the petitioners
a seven-day extension in which to submit the security for costs.
April
17: Police arrest opposition Patriotic Front (PF) leader
Michael Sata and charge him with two counts of theft of motor vehicles.
June
9: President Mwanawasa orders police to arrest journalists
for reporting that he May have Parkinson's disease. Read my
commentary.
June
28: President Mwanawasa exposes an alleged plot to
assassinate him and government officials at
June
29: Chief Justice Mathew Ngulube requests to go on terminal
leave (translate - resigns) as ZAMTROP scandal grows.
July
16: Parliament
votes to lift former President Frederick Chiluba's immunity.
July
17: Former President Dr. Frederick Chiluba goes to court to
challenge Parliament's decision to strip him of presidential immunity on
charges of corruption and abuse of office during his 10-year reign. My comment on
Zamtrop.
Aug.
21: The government rejects genetically modified corn
donated by the
Aug.
28:
Nov.
20: Supreme Court adjourns the presidential petition
hearing to
Dec.
7: Home Affairs Minister Lackson Mapushi dies in a road
traffic accident along
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