HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu yesterday took jabs at the PF over their non-participation in today’s Kabushi and Kwacha by-elections, “consoling” them that they’ll definitely contest in future polls. But acting PF president Given Lubinda says the Kwacha and Kabushi by-elections are illegal and that the electorate should not waste their time taking part in the process. The Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that the by-elections slated for today should proceed because the prescribed 21 days within which to hear a challenge relating to nominations of a candidate can not be stopped or enlarged by any court or authority. The court held that when a nomination challenge is properly before the High Court, it should be concluded within...

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