Dr. O’Brien Kaaba, is a lecturer in law at the University of Zambia and a senior research fellow at the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR). He has formerly served as elections manager for the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI) in Zambia, political specialist for the US Department of State at the American Embassy in Lusaka (Zambia) and as a human rights and rule of law advisor for the German development cooperation agency GIZ in Zambia. O’Brien is a co-editor of the book Democracy and Electoral Politics in Zambia published in 2020.