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Patali Raphael retweeted
What's law got to do with it?
On 22nd October in Dublin, @RuleOfLawIRL Irish Rule of Law International brought together voices from law, human rights, and international justice to ask a hard question: what role can law realistically play in constraining power in an increasingly fractured world?
Mary Robinson opened with a keynote on defending the international rule of law in an age of geopolitical fracture. A panel chaired by @DrAndrewForde then turned to practice, with @AonghusKelly, @darraghmackin and me. We discussed consistency and credibility, the pressure on courts, judges and lawyers, and what governments and the legal community can do beyond rhetorical support.
Thank you to team at Irish Rule of Law International for putting together a wonderful event!
The conversation is now available as a podcast episode. Listen here on the link below:
#RuleOfLaw #InternationalLaw #HumanRights #InternationalJustice
youtu.be/eMCPwl6gWf4
Patali Raphael retweeted
CSOs defend the right to protest
The rights to freedom of assembly, association, and freedom of expression are fundamental pillars of our democracy. Peaceful demonstrations encapsulate all three of those rights. They serve as a vehicle through which citizens can be heard and hopefully clearly understood by public servants, including those holding the highest offices in the country. It is not in the interests of those who wish to demonstrate to prevent them from doing so as citizens’ pent up frustrations can sometimes exhibit themselves in unconstructive ways, so the peaceful demonstration should definitely go ahead. It is a form of engagement with the authorities.
Dialogue is a separate form of engagement with Government. Indeed, the LCK Freedom Foundation, Chapter One Foundation, Caritas Zambia, Free Press Initiative,, and the Advocates for Democracy and Good Governance Foundation wrote to the Government twice calling for dialogue between civil society, the Church, and opposition political parties to resolve the political challenges facing the country. Those requests went unanswered. We also recall an attempt by the Oasis Forum to plan a peaceful demonstration against Bill 7 a year ago in November 2025. That demonstration was stopped in order to facilitate dialogue. That dialogue did not yield the desired results; Bill 7 was passed without sufficient consultation.
There appears to be a concerted effort to prevent public gatherings under this Government and it is not healthy for our democracy. Governments should never be afraid of the people who elected them to office. The will of the people must be upheld and respected if our democracy is to thrive.
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Patali Raphael retweeted
You cannot tax your people to prosperity... Why create more ministries and parliamentary seats when you have no money?
1. PAYE -39.5% Max
2. VAT - 16.5
3. Mobile money tax.....
Mobile is a medium of transaction for poor people..Are you a pro poor government? – at East Timor
Patali Raphael retweeted
I hate how disrespectful and condescending our employees are.
For example, my tax pays a politician's salary but the same politician behaves as if they are better than me.
Civil servants too, you go ku office yabo to get some shit done and they behave as if you're disturbing them.
SMH
Patali Raphael retweeted
This regime will teach us the difference between.. “Ukuchuula” na “Ukuchuchutika” 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Patali Raphael retweeted
Just say what you want to say, no one will beat you. 🤣
Patali Raphael retweeted
On the kwacha and Zambia's 2027 Budget:
A 10 per cent fall in USD/ZMW, from the 19.49 implied by the Budget's lines to 17.54, widens the 2027 deficit by about ZMW7.6bn (USD390m), or 0.8 per cent of GDP.
The Budget does not print an exchange rate, so we derive it. The Address provides ZMW16,763.6m for external debt service (p.17), and the Ministry's Debt Statistical Bulletin projects the same payments at USD860.2m (end-June 2026, Table 15). The ratio gives 19.49. USD/ZMW averaged 17.81 as recently as June (Monthly Economic Indicators, August 2026).
The exposure sits on the revenue side. Customs and export duties, mineral royalty, grants, and the import and mining shares of VAT and company tax are dollar amounts converted into kwacha. On our estimate they make up 41.4 per cent of 2027 revenue and grants. At 17.54, revenue and grants fall by about ZMW10.0bn and spending by about ZMW2.4bn, before any offset from copper prices.
Now bring in the financing. The Budget's foreign loans roughly match the external principal falling due, so the Treasury funds almost the whole deficit at home. At 17.54, domestic borrowing rises from the planned 2.9 per cent of GDP to about 3.6 per cent of the Budget's implied GDP. Banks, pension funds and insurers carry it, while the non-resident share of new bond issuance falls to 15 per cent from 23 per cent in 2027 (IMF Country Report 26/21).
The 2026 outturn already shows the cost. The Budget's lines implied 21.97, USD/ZMW averaged 18.91 from January to August, and we estimate the gap cost ZMW8.9bn of revenue and grants. The Minister credits the stronger kwacha, with the maize harvest, for taking inflation to 6.3 per cent in October. His account of the revenue shortfall points to the fuel tax suspension, which the outturn supports, and leaves out the exchange rate.
On Friday 6 November the interbank mid stood at 20.32 (Bank of Zambia, 15:30), so the rate currently works for the Treasury. The test from here is the monthly USD/ZMW average. From February to September 2026 the kwacha averaged stronger than 19.49 per dollar every month, and a repeat in 2027 pushes domestic borrowing above plan on the exchange rate alone.
canarycompass.com
DOWNLOAD THERE 2027 BUDGET INFOGRAPHIC FROM OUR WEBSITE: DOWNLOAD THE 2027 BUDGET INFOGRAPHIC, HERE: mofnp.gov.zm/?wpdmpro=2027-b…
Competition of Dictators🤣🤣🤣
PF was more dictatorial than us – UPND
By Ruth YambaYamba
UPND PR MP Gertrude Imenda says the Patriotic Front (PF) administration was more of a dictatorship than the UPND government.
Imenda has also told former Botswana president Ian Khama to mind his own country’s affairs, arguing that Zambia is a sovereign nation and that politicians should not be allowed to go
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Patali Raphael retweeted
Did you increase the number of ministries and Mps so that the tax payers can foot their wage bill?
Patali Raphael retweeted
Ba President @HHichilema , When is the ordinary citizen going to sigh in relief ? When are the lowly citizens going to ever sleep without having to worry about the INCREASING COST OF EVERYTHING ? Everyday is a new day to despair about your Government. People are Suffering!!!!
Patali Raphael retweeted
This is the best budget that has ever budgeted in the history of this country. I am so happy that I get the chance to pay more taxes on PAYE and more levies on Mobile Money.
This will definitely Grow Zambia.
Patali Raphael retweeted
We will continue our work to defend the dignity and wellbeing of transgender youth, and support a future where all transgender people can enjoy the full range of their human rights.
The fight for transgender rights is not over.
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