By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Zambian environmentalist, Robert Chimambo, has petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order that mining in the Lower Zambezi National Park violates the Constitution.
He also stated that the State and ZEMA should withdraw the approval of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Chimambo, who has cited the Attorney General and the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) as respondents, wants the court to order that the EIS dated May 7, 2021, should be withdrawn for being in violation of the Constitution.
He also wants the court to give an order that freedom of the environmental information is a Constitutional right in Zambia.