The Minister of Home Affairs, Ronnie Shikapwasha, has refused the appeal of the Mbeza Safaris MD, Ian Manning against the Immigration Department refusal to issue him with a renewal of his self-employed permit, as required under Section 30 (1) of the Investment Act, Cap 385. At the time all directors of Mbeza Safaris Limited were by law entitled to a self-employment permit or resident permit. The section provides as follows:
“Notwithstanding the provisions of the Immigration and Deportation Act, an investor who invests a minimum of two hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars or the equivalent in convertiblecurrency and who employs a minimum of ten persons shall be entitled to a self-employment permit or resident permit”
And today, Brendan Manning, received his letter turning down his renewal application; while Cathlin Manning, although a person and shareholder in her own right, is included within one Immigration file with her husband, and must therefore suffer the same fate as him.
Therefore today, Ian Manning, Brendan and Cathlin Manning have instructed their attorneys, W.M Kabimba & Associates to seek a stay and judicial review against the Minister of Home Affairs, the Attorney General and the Chief Immigration Officer.
Of letters of complain written to the Zambia Development Authority in the persons of its acting Director General and its Legal Counsel, not a word has been heard.
