Irene Mambilima

**Irene Chirwa Mambilima** (Ɔbɛnem 31, 1952 – Ayɛwohomumɔ 20, 2021) yɛ Zambia Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin firi afe 2015 kɔsii ne wuo wɔ afe 2021. Ɔsan nso yɛɛ Zambia Abatoɔ Badwa no Titenani na ɔdii afe 2006 ne 2011 amansan abatoɔ ne Ɔpɛpɔn 2015 ɔmanpanin a wɔde abatoɔ a ɛbaeɛ no anim. Na ɔka abatoɔ ahwɛfoɔ asɛmpatrɛ adwuma ahodoɔ bi a Liberia, Kenya, Mozambique, ne Seychelles ka ho. Ne amanaman ntam dwumadie afoforɔ bi ne sɛ ɔsom sɛ *Sessional Judge* wɔ *Supreme Court of The Gambia* wɔ afe 2003 mu. Mambilima tenaa Amanaman Ntam Mmea Atemmuafoɔ Fekuo Amanaman Ntam Badwa no mu sɛ Afrika Mantam no sohwɛfoɔ. Na ɔsan yɛ adwumayɛfoɔ fekuo ahodoɔ pii a Zambia Mmea Atemmuafoɔ Fekuo, Mmara Amanneɛbɔ Ho Nsɛmma Nwoma Badwa, Mmɔfra Sikakorabea (Zambia), Mmea a Wɔyɛ Mmara wɔ Afrika Kesee Fam, ne Mmara Nwomasua a Ɛkɔ Anim Asoɛe no Badwa nso muni.

Mambilima a wɔpaw no sɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin no, Ɔman Badwa no de adwene koro gye toom wɔ Ɔpɛpɔn 2015 mu, na ɛmaa ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔman no mu Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin a odi kan a ɔyɛ ɔbaa.

## Ne Nwomasua ne N'akyi asɛm
Wɔwoo Mambilima wɔ Chiwoko akuraa a ɛwɔ nnɛ yi Apuei Fam Mantam mu no ase maa Kezias Chirwa a ɔyɛ birikisifoɔ ne ne yere Nelia Ngulube. Wɔtetee no wɔ Matero mantam a wonni ahotɔ mu wɔ Lusaka, baabi a ɔkɔ sukuu.

Ɔnyaa Mmara mu *Bachelor of Laws* (LL.B.) wɔ Zambia Sukuupɔn mu (1976), *Post Graduate Diploma* wɔ Mmara Dwumadie mu wɔ *Law Practice Institute* (mprempren yi wɔfrɛ no *Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education*, ZIALE), ne *Master of Laws* (LL.M.) wɔ *School of Oriental and African Studies*, London Sukuupɔn (1977). Ɔgyee no kɔɔ Zambia Mmaranimfoɔ Kuo no mu wɔ 1977 mu na wɔ afe koro no ara mu no, wɔpaw no sɛ Ɔman Mmaranimfoɔ wɔ Mmaranimfoɔ Panin no Badwa ahodoɔ no ase. Ɔnam dibea ahodoɔ no so kɔɔ soro, na ɔyɛɛ adwuma wɔ dibea ahodoɔ mu a nea ɛka ho ne sɛ Ɔkwankyerɛfoɔ a ɔhwɛ Mmara Mmoa so, Asɛnnibea Kunini Temmuafoɔ, Asɛnnibea Kunini Temmuafoɔ ne Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin Abediakyiri.

## Asɛnnibea Kunini
Wɔ afe 2002 mu no, wɔmaa no so kɔɔ Asɛnnibea Kunini no benkyi no so. Berɛ a na ɔresom sɛ Asɛnnibea Kunini Temmuafoɔ no, wɔde no kɔɔ Zambia Abatoɔ Badwa (ECZ) mu sɛ Odwamtrani wɔ afe 2005. Wɔ saa dibea no mu no, odii afe 2006 Amansan Abatoɔ no anim. Wɔ afe 2008 mu no, wɔfrɛɛ no firii ECZ na wɔpaw no sɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin Abediakyiri. Wɔ ne berɛ a na ɔyɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin Abediakyiri no wɔsan de no kɔmaa ECZ sɛ ɔnhwɛ afe 2011 Amansan Abatoɔ, ne 2015 Ɔmanpanin abatoɔ a ɛbɛba no anim. Wɔpaw no sɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin wɔ Ɔgyefoɔ 2015 mu na ɔkaa ntam wɔ Ɔman Fie wɔ Ɔbɛnem 2, 2015.

### Gyinaesi a wosisi ntɛm
Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima gyinaesi ahodoɔ mmienu a ɛkorɔn sene biara no gyinaa asɛnnibea ahodoɔ a wɔhyehyɛɛ sɛ wɔbɛhwehwɛ adifudepɛ ne dibea a wɔkyerɛ sɛ kane Mmarahyɛ badwani a ɔhwɛ akwantuo ne nkitahodie so a ɔwɔ Rupiah Banda nniso no mu ne kane Ɔmanfoɔ Mmarahyɛ Badwa sohwɛfoɔ a ɔwɔ Michael Sata nniso no mu de dii dwuma ɔkwammɔne so no mu.

Wɔhyehyɛɛ asɛnnibea a ɛbɛhwehwɛ Dora Siliya, kane Mmarahyɛ badwani a ɔhwɛ akwantuo ne nkitahodie so no mu sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ soboɔ ahodoɔ a wɔbɔe sɛ ɔde apam maa nnwumakuo mmienu a wanni akwan a wɔahyɛ ato hɔ a obu Mmarahyɛ Badwa ne Asomfoɔ Abrabɔ Mmara so no akyi. Wɔhyehyɛɛ asɛnnibea no wɔ Ɔgyefoɔ 2009 mu, na nea wotintimii no hui sɛ Siliya buu mmara pii so, nanso ogyae gyinaesi no wɔ ɔmanpanin no nsam. Siliya anhyia asɛm a wɔde bɛkɔ asɛnnibea.

Wɔ kane Ɔmanfoɔ Asɛmdifoɔ Panin, Mutembo Nchito, asɛm no mu wɔ Ɔbɛnem 16, 2015 no, Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima kaa ntam sɛ asɛnnibea no mufoɔ baanan a Ɔmampanin Edgar Lungu paw wɔn sɛ wɔnhwehwɛ ne mu wɔ abrabɔ bɔne a wɔkyerɛ sɛ ɔyɛeɛ no ho. Nchito srɛɛ sɛ wɔmfa Asɛnnibea no nhwɛ mu wɔ Asɛnnibea no mu, na Asɛnnibea Kunini no maa kwan sɛ wɔmfa wɔn ho nhyɛ asɛnnibea no mu. Berɛ a ɔman no de asɛm no kɔdan no no, Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima de asɛm no ho gyinaesi siei akyiri yi. Asɛnnibea no nsɛm no da so ara yɛ nea wonnya nsiesiee.

## Zambia Abatoɔ Badwa

### Odwamtrani
Ɔdii kan paw Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima sɛ Zambia Abatoɔ Badwa (ECZ) no dwamtenani wɔ afe 2005 mu, na ɔdii so kɔsii Ɔbɛnem 2008. Na wayɛ badwa no muni wɔ afe 1994 ne 1996. Akyiri yi wɔsan paw no sɛ Titenani wɔ Ɔgyefoɔ 2011 mu na mmarahyɛ badwa no gye toom wɔ bosome baako akyi. Wei dii berɛ a Ɔtemmuafoɔ Florence Mumba a odii n’adeɛ no gyaee adwuma wɔ akyinnyegyeɛ no mu a ɛmaa saa berɛ no sohwɛfoɔ panin Daniel Kalale gyaee adwuma na akyiri yi woyii no firii adwuma mu esiane nneɛma a wɔankyerɛ nti no akyi. Adwumayɛfoɔ adwumayɛban a wɔde tiaa n’akannifoɔ no na ɛmaa Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mumba gyaee adwuma no ntɛmntɛm. Wobuu Mambilima a Ɔmanpanin Rupiah Banda san paw no no sɛ adeɛ a wɔde bɛsan anya ahotosoɔ wɔ badwa no mu, ɛwom sɛ na nsɛm a wɔka no abu so sɛ aban no maa basabasayɛ no yɛɛ kɛse sɛ ɛbɛhyɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mumba; soboɔ a aban no pooeɛ.

Asɔretiafoɔ akuo ahodoɔ mu akannifoɔ ne ankorankorɛ atesɛm krataa a ɛdi kan no hunuu sɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima yɛ aban adamfofafoɔ, na wɔyɛɛ yei ho mfonini wɔ mmirikatuo a ɛkɔɔ so wɔ afe 2011 amansan abatoɔ no mu berɛ a wɔkasa tiaa ɔne badwa no kɛseɛ wɔ gyinaesie a wɔsii sɛ wɔbɛtintim abatoɔ nkrataa wɔ South Africa no ho. Aban Nwoma Tintim Dwumadibea no kyerɛe sɛ wonni tumi a wɔde bewie adwuma no, na wɔ adetɔ nhyehyɛe a edii hɔ no mu no, wɔmaa Universal Print Group (Pty) Ltd. a ɛwɔ Durban, South Africa, no *tender* no. Wohuu saa adeɛ yi sɛ nhyehyɛe a MMD a ɔde tumi no yɛe sɛ wobetintim abatoɔ nkrataa a wɔadi kan ahyɛ no agyinaeɛ de abɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛsɛe abatoɔ no ama wɔn. Wɔkaa adifudepɛ ho nsɛm pii nanso wɔamfiri aban nhwehwɛmu biara ase anaasɛ *Anti-Corruption Commission* (ACC) no annye antom, na ECZ gyinaa ne gyinaesi a ɛne sɛ wɔde adwumakuo no bɛdi dwuma no akyi.

### Afe 2006 amansan abatoɔ
Wɔyɛɛ afe 2006 amansan abatoɔ no wɔ Ɛbɔ 28. Ɔsɔretia kannifoɔ Michael Sata dii kan ntɛm wɔ akontaabu no mu nanso berɛ a deɛ efirii mu bae dodoɔ no ara bae no ne dibea no hwee ase kɔɔ nea ɛto so mmiɛnsa a Ɔmanpanin a ɔwɔ hɔ mprempren Levy Mwanawasa dii anim kɛseɛ. Saa dawurubɔ yi maa Sata akyigyinafoɔ yɛɛ ɔsɔretia wɔ Lusaka, na akyiri yi ɛtrɛw kɔɔ Kitwe, mfiridwuma beae titiriw wɔ kɔbere a wotu mantam no mu. Polisifoɔ a wokurakura akodeɛ de ahoɔden hyiaa ɔsɔretia no na abatoɔ badwa no twentwɛnee nea ebefiri mu aba pii ho amanneɛbɔ no ase esiane basabasayɛ no nti.

Sata kaa asisie ho asɛm de too dwa sɛ abatoɔ 400,000 a wɔtoe wɔ n’abannennennen mu no, wɔansusu ho wɔ akontaabu a ɛrekɔ so no mu, na ɔkaa ntam sɛ ɔbɛkasa atia nea efirii mu bae no. Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima sii so dua sɛ badwa no bɛhwehwɛ anwiinwii no mu nanso wɔannye biara antom. Mwanawasa dii nkonim, na onyaa abatoɔ 1,177,846 maa Michael Sata 804,748 dii n’ahennie afe a ɛto so mmienu. Ɔmanpanin no kuo a edi tumi, *Movement for Multi-Party Democracy* (MMD) nyaa nkonnwa 45% wɔ mmarahyɛ badwa no mu, na wɔkyekyɛɛ nkae no mu maa akuo a aka no. Ɔkaa ntam sɛ ɔbɛdi tumi wɔ Ahinime  3, 2006, na ɔdii dwuma kɔsii sɛ ɔwuiɛ wɔ Ɔsanaa 19, 2008.

### Afe 2008 ɔmanpanin abatoɔ a ɛbaeɛ
Bere a Ɔmanpanin Mwanawasa wui wɔ n’adwuma mu akyi no, wɔfrɛɛ ɔmanpanin a wɔpaw no titiriw bi sɛ wɔmfa nhyɛ baabi a ɛda hɔ no ma. Wɔn a wɔrepere no titiriw ne ɔman no ɔmanpanin abediakyiri Rupiah Banda, Michael Sata ne Hakainde Hichilema. Wɔsan bɔɔ soboɔ sɛ kuo a ɛde tumi no reyɛ atorɔ, a abatoɔ badwa no boaa wɔn. Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima anhwɛ abatoɔ yi so sɛ ECZ dwamtenani efirisɛ na wagye ne dibea foforɔ sɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin Abediakyiri. Ɔtemmuafoɔ Florence Mumba a odii n’adeɛ no bɔɔ badwa no adwuma ho ban wɔ tebea ahodoɔ a emu yɛ den na ebi mmae da mu, na ɔmaa ɔman no awerɛhyemu sɛ wɔbɛyɛ abatoɔ no wɔ ɔkwan a wotumi gye di so. Rupiah Banda dii nkonim wɔ nsonsonoe ketewaa bi mu, na ɔsɔretia a ɛte sɛ nea wɔyɛe wɔ afe 2006 mu no bae. Wei ansakyera nea efirii mu bae no anaasɛ anhyɛ badwa no sɛ wɔmfrɛ sɛ wɔnsan nkenkan no bio. Banda kaa ntam sɛ ɔmanpanin wɔ Obubuo 2, 2008, na n’ahennie no baa awiei wɔ afe 2011 mu.

Michael Sata a ɔdii nkoguo no kɔɔ so hwehwɛɛ sɛ wɔbɛsan akan no bio na ɔde n’adesrɛ no kɔɔ asɛnnibea, na ɛhɔ na asɛm no kɔɔ Asɛnnibea Kunini no. Wɔ n'atemmuo mu no, Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima too adesrɛ no gui, na ɔpaee mu kae sɛ "...wɔapow akwammisa no...a ɛka ka ho." Asɛnnibea no buu adesrɛ no ntɛm efirisɛ wɔamfa adanseɛ biara amma a ɛbɛfoa sɛ wɔbɛsan akan no bio. Sata gyaee n’asɛnnibea asɛm no.

### Afe 2011 amansan abatoɔ
Berɛ a Banda berɛ baa wieeɛ no, wɔyɛɛ amansan abatoɔ wɔ Ɛbɔ, na bere a nea rɛ i mu bae rmifiase no natia eɛ ɔretia kannifo so bae nɔo, Michael Sata na odii anim. Akyiri yi wɔkyerɛɛ wɔ ECZ *official website* so sɛ Sata atrɛw ne kane mu wɔ 133 mu wɔ amansin 150 mu nanso akyiri yi wɔde *site* no firii ntentan no so a *commission* no kae sɛ wɔabɔ no na nea efirii mu bae no nyɛ aban deɛ. Wei maa wɔteaamu sɛ ampa ara sɛ badwa no ne kuo a ɛde tumi no reyɛ adwuma de ayɛ abatoɔ no mu atorɔ de aboa Banda.

Akyiri yi Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima puei wɔ ɔman *television* so de sii abatoɔ no mu aba no so dua, na ɛno ne nea edi kan ma ECZ dwamtenani a ɔte hɔ. Ɔsan nso srɛɛ sɛ wɔnyɛ komm berɛ a wɔkɔɔ so bu akontaa anadwo mu no nyinaa no. Wɔ Ɛbɔ no, wɔsii Michael Sata so dua sɛ ɔmampanyin anwɔaaw no. Nna bi akyi no wɔdaa no adi sɛ ɔmampanyin anpaninadwuma nri  Rupiah Banda sɔre tiaa nkogudie a ɔbɛgye ato mu na Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima hunahunaa no sɛ ɔbɛgyae adwuma de akyerɛ sɛ ɔmpene so. Wei yɛ anansesɛm a wontumi nnye ho adanseɛ kɛseɛ nanso wogye tom wɔ Zambia mu ɛmfa ho sɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima kasa tiae no.

Bere a wɔde aban foforɔ no bae akyi no, ɔfrɛɛ wɔn sɛ wɔmmoa mma wɔmfa ECZ no nkɔ baabiara, na wɔama wɔn kwan ma wɔafa adwumayɛfoɔ a wɔde wɔn berɛ nyinaa yɛ adwuma wɔ ɔmantam no mu na ama adwumayɛ atu mpɔn na wɔanya sika a ɛfata. Wɔ saa abatoɔ yi akyi no, wɔkamfoo Mambilima kɛseɛ wɔ badwa no nneyɛe ho. Wobuu no sɛ ɔyɛ katee na ontumi nnyae wɔ amammuo yi mu nhyɛsoɔ anim. Nanso, ɛnam sɛ akyiri yi wɔdanee mmarahyɛ badwa mu aba pii denam asɛnnibea ahodoɔ so wɔ nneɛma ahodoɔ te sɛ abatoɔ mu nneyɛe bɔne so nti, wɔagye akyinnyegyeɛ sɛ ebia na ECZ ne ahyehyɛdeɛ afoforɔ teɛ berɛ a wɔkae sɛ abatoɔ no yɛ nea ahofadie wom na ɛyɛ nea ɛfata no anaa.

### Afe 2015 ɔmanpanin abatoɔ a ɛbaeɛ
Wɔyɛɛ ɔmanpanin a ɔbɛpaw no wɔ Ɔpɛpɔn 20, 2015, wɔ ɔmanpanin Michael Sata wuo akyi wɔ n’adwuma mu. Wɔde abatoɔ no sii akan dendeenden wɔ ɔman a edi tumi no *Patriotic Front* (PF) ne asɔretiafoɔ *United Party for National Development* (UPND), akuo a awieiɛ koraa no wodii kan ne nea ɛtɔ so mmienu no ntam. Esiane sɛ na ɛte sɛ nea tebea a wɔabɔ soboɔ ne basabasayɛ rebɛn nti, Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima gyinaa pintinn na ɔbɔɔ nnipa baanu a wodii kan no kɔkɔ sɛ wɔmmmɔ mmɔden sɛ wɔbɛbɔ abatoɔ adwumayɛfoɔ hu. Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima a ɛtɔ mmerɛ bi a na wɔfrɛ no Zambiafoɔ ‘iron lady’  de kaa ne pintinn ho no nso bɔɔ kɔkɔ sɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔka sɛ wadi nkonim wɔ abatoɔ mu ansa na aban de too dwa na ɔkanyan afahyɛ ntɛm wɔ akyigyinafoɔ no mu. UPND twerɛɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima sɛ PF no ayɛ abatoɔ mu nneyɛe bɔne na wɔsrɛɛ no sɛ ɔmmfa nkyerɛ sɛ wadi nkonim, adesrɛ a Aban Asoɛe no amfa wɔn ho anhyɛ mu. Berɛ a wɔkae sɛ Edgar Lungu dii nkonim no, UPND bɔɔ Abatoɔ Badwa no soboɔ sɛ wɔne PF ayɛ apam de ayɛ nea efirii mu bae no mu nsakraeɛ, soboɔ a Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima bɔɔ no gui. Ɔkaa sɛ adeɛ no ayɛ nea ɛda adi pefee na wɔde UPND ananmusifoɔ wɔ gyinabea biara mu na ɛno nti wɔbɛsan nso ayɛ ɔfa wɔ *rigging* a wɔrebɔ *Commission* no soboɔ no mu. Bosome a edi hɔ no, UPND boaa Ɔtemmuafoɔ Mambilima a wɔpenee so sɛ Ɔtemmuafoɔ Panin no.

## Ne yareɛ ne ne wuo mu
Wɔ Ayɛwohomumɔ 10, 2021 no, Mambilima tuu kwan kɔɔ Egypt wɔ aban adwuma mu na ɔyaree. Owui wɔ ankorankorɛ ayaresabea bi a ɛwɔ Cairo wɔ Ayɛwohomumɔ  20 mu.

## Baabia menyaa mmoa firiiɛ


## Abɔnten so nkitahodie ahodoɔ

* Zambia Abatoɔ Badwa a ɛfa afe 2011 abatoɔ no ho
* Zambia Abatoɔ Badwa a ɛfa afe 2015 Abatoɔ no ho
* Zambia Atemmuo Asoɛeɛ