GOVERNMENT says the President’s residence at State House is in a dilapidated state and requires renovations, arguing that there is actually no law which prescribes where the Zambian Head of State should be accommodated. Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha has, therefore, asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss with costs, a petition by Sean Tembo in which he seeking a declaration that President Hakainde Hichilema’s insistence to commute almost on a daily basis from his home in New Kasama to his office at State House amounts to irresponsible use of public resources. Tembo cited the Attorney General as the respondent. In response to the petition, the state submitted that there is no law or constitutional provision which prescribes where the Zambian Head...

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