Government has formally withdrawn controversial letters that sought to downgrade Munitenge Lawrence Liswani Sinvula from Kgosi of the Basubiya tribe to a village-level sub-chief, effectively conceding ground after a stinging High Court rebuke.
In correspondence dated 16 February 2026, the Attorney-General’s Chambers advised Sinvula’s lawyers, Mbeha Attorneys, that the impugned letters issued by the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs on 12 and 16 September 2025 had been “formally withdrawn in their entirety.” The withdrawal, the Attorney-General said, takes immediate effect and restores the status quo ante (as it existed before the letters were issued).
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