by S Mwaekwa

Take away the BA’64 , you have no more Zambia as embodied in a unitary state. Therefore, I agree with Professor Sitwala Imenda who said, “…by terminating the BA’64 by way of constitutional amendment Act No 5 of 1969, the status of the Republic of Zambia as a unitary state was also simultaneously terminated with the result that, as from the effective date of that amendment, the two constituent parts of the unitary state as consummated in 1964 (i.e., Barotseland and Northern Rhodesia, respectively) legally became free from each other”.  Read more-html Read more-pdf