The politician, Clement Khembo, said this in Chikwawa Saturday after prayers specially dedicated to thanking God on his 86^th birthday.

Khembo observed to reporters that when political conflict degenerates, it is citizens, especially women and children, who bear the blunt of it all.

Fifteen days has lapsed since the five-member panel of Constitutional Court judges retreated to come up with a verdict on the electoral dispute.

On our count, the court should be ready with a judgment within the next 30 days.