THE 13 representatives of the Mbeza Royal Establishment of the Ila people have discontinued the case where they challenged the selection and installation of Professor King Nalubamba to the throne.The plaintiffs from the five families who are part of the eight families of the Mbeza Royal Establishment are seeking an order declaring that the selection and installation of Prof Nalubamba as successor to the throne of the late chief Bright Nalubamba, was null and void.“Take notice that the plaintiff hereby discontinues all further proceedings in the above mentioned cause against the defendants,” read the notice.In this matter, Mr Pawsen Munamooya and 12 others cited Prof Nalubamba, Joseph Mwanambulo and Mukamadede Munamooya seeking an order declaring that Mr Munamooya is the rightful person eligible to ascend to the throne in line with practices and customs of the Ila-speaking people of Namwala. In their claim, Mr Munamooya and others stated that Prof Nalubamba was the son of the late Chief Bright Nalubamba and purported successor to the throne of the late chief. They stated that the action arose from the lax and or wanton negligence on the part of the defendants to follow the practices, customs and traditions of the Ila people so far as ascendancy to the throne was concerned.The plaintiffs stated that the founding chief of the Ila speaking people of Namwala was Muuluka Nalubamba and that he was the one who formulated the traditions, practices and customs of succession to the throne of the Mbeza Royal Establishment.
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