Court gags DPP from summoning Nankhumwa
Published on August 11, 2023 at 3:52 PM by Robert Ngwira
High Court Judge Justice Howard Pemba has granted an injunction stopping the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from summoning it’s vice president for the southern region, Kondwani Nankhumwa to a disciplinary hearing.
Lawyer for Nankhumwa, Wapona Kita has confirmed of the development in an interview with the press.
According to Kita, the court in Lilongwe has issued a stop order after considering that the party’s disciplinary committee which comprise of seven members is illegally constituted as the party’s constitution recognizes a five member panel.
An NGC meeting in Mangochi appointed two more members to the committee.
Nankhumwa was to appear before the select for holding whistle stop rallies in Blantyre last month.
