Another Legal Victory For Boko

The Court of Appeal dismissed with costs the case in which a disgruntled member, Reverend Thomas Kathata Mhale, represented by Boko’s nemesis, Gabriel Kanjabanga, wanted the BNF president to resign his post since he had assumed the leadership of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC). 

Court of Appeal president Ian Kirby, Judges Isaac Lesetedi and Stephen Gaongalelwe, heard the case.  When delivering judgement Kirby said there is no evidence that Boko has joined the UDC or that he has been issued with its membership card.  “He denies having done so, and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, his denial must be accepted. In the case of the BNF too, there is nothing on record to show that it joined the UDC in the sense of having made any application to do so.