his ability to campaign freely and caused him immeasurable suffering during the entire campaign and election period. 11. By reason of the foregoing, the Petitioner prayed for the following; “1 . A declaration that the election of the 1st Respondent as a Member of Parliament for Mwense Constituency is NULL AND VOID AB INITIO. 2. A declaration that the 1st Respondent’s Election malpractices do invalidate the resultant election results and that the same ought to be nullified. 3. A remedial declaration in reaction to the illegal practices, acts of intimidation and invasion of privacy by the 1st Respondent that affected the Petitioner’s ability to Campaign freely and caused him immeasurable suffering during the entire campaign and Election period. 4. Such other declaration and orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit. 5. An order that costs occasioned by the Petitioner be borne by the Respondents”. 12. At trial, the Petitioner called seven witnesses in support of his case against the Respondents. PW1 was Mr. Christopher Phiri, a teacher who testified about what happened before the election. He deposed that five days before the voting day he was going to the market, when he reached at the District Education Boards (DEBS) office, Mr Moses Kasakula stopped him calling him by name. Mr. Kasakula told him that both himself and PW1 were shortlisted on the list of those that would be transferred and/or fired from Mwense District. J10 PW1 asked him what he had done