THE Constitutional Court has refused to nullify the appointments of 20 judges by President Hakainde Hichilema. The court has further ruled that the appointment of judges does not require advertisements to be made or interviews to be publicly broadcast. This is the matter in which governance activist Isaac Mwanza and another petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order to quash all recommendations and appointments of judges as announced by State House in February this year. Mwanza and Maurice Makalu, who cited the Attorney General as the respondent, wanted a declaration that the recommendation, appointments and promotion of judges of superior courts by the Judicial Service Commission were unconstitutional for breach of Articles 8(d) (e), 173 (1)(i)(j) and 210 (1) and...