THE State has applied to be joined to a matter in which Joseph Malanji and Bowman Lusambo are seeking an order that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) should hold fresh nominations for Kwacha and Kabushi constituencies. Solicitor General Marshal Muchende has urged the Lusaka High Court to join the Attorney General as second respondent, saying it was imperative that he is joined to the proceedings, him being the custodian of public interest and Chief Legal Advisor to the Government. “I verily believe that neither the petitioner (Malanji and Lusambo) nor the respondent (ECZ) will be prejudiced by the granting of this application especially that the petitioners have already joined the intended second respondent (Attorney General) in the Constitutional Court...