Barotse Flood Plains
Zambia’s Justice Minister, Wynter Kabimba is now entangled in a verbal dispute with international lawyers Dugue and Kirtley and Syvana Sinha, representing the Barotse National Freedom Alliance, who have since challenged President Michael Sata to sign the Permanent Court of Arbitration Submission agreement.
According to correspondence from Mr. Kabimba, government is unable to respond to the issues that were raised by the lawyers because they did not give particulars identifying their clients.
He adds that it is difficult to identify whether or not to the petitioners constitute natural persons in view of Zambia being a unitary state under the current constitution.
But the international lawyers have replied to Kabimba’s letter saying Zambia should gather strength to the sign the Agreement if does not have anything to fear over Barotseland issue.