Speaking during the launch at Mulungushi International Conference Centre this morning, NCC Chairperson, Chifumu Banda, said the launch has been done in accordance with Section 23 of the National Constitutional Conference Act, No. 19 of 2007, which states that the National Constitutional Conference should publish the Initial Report and the Draft Constitution adopted by the Conference and facilitate public debate and comments.[pullquote]Mr. Banda said the governance of the country will not improve by how much citizens quarrel among themselves.[/pullquote]
He says the public should spend much of their time to study the document instead of issuing unworthy criticisms of the NCC.
Mr. Banda launched the three documents which the NCC produced which include the Initial Report of the Conference, the Draft Constitution, and the Summary of the Resolutions of the Conference.
Mr. Banda has since appealed to the general public to take time to study the documents during the 40 days period starting today for the public to make their contributions, observations and other responses to the draft constitution.
He says the documents will be made available to the general public through the office of the District Commissioner in all the districts across the country, through the NCC Secretariat at Mulungushi International Conference Centre, as well as through the three websites which have been provided.
He named the Websites as the governance Secretariat under the Ministry of Justice on www.governance.gov.zm; the National Assembly website on www.parliament.gov.zm; and the National Constitution Conference website on www.ncczambia.org.
Meanwhile, Mr. Banda said the governance of the country will not improve by how much citizens quarrel among themselves.
He says the public should spend much of their time to study the document instead of issuing unworthy criticisms of the NCC.
” He says the public should spend much of their time to study the document instead of issuing unworthy criticisms of the NCC.” When will Zambian Politicians get it? If the public feel like criticising and in their judgement their criticisms are valid, then they are free to do so. Now that i have had my rant, let me just say that its about bloody time! I hope that issues raised by the public /have/will be taken on board . We need a robust constitution which will stand the test of time and galvanise our people.
MMD Chief Bootlicker- where are you? You have heard they are now going to ask the people to vote for this new constitution or not. Whilst we are going around the country urging people not to vote for this constitution, we hope you will influence the Peoples decision by giving us your feeble opinions- so that you can help people see through the MMD- STILL AT ONE O’CLOCK!
Advice to PF/UPND blind followers of Ichilema and Satan. The draft of the supreme document of the land is made public. If you can read please participate and contribute to the constitution otherwise you shall cry foul. Kaponyas need to learn how to read.
Make me valid, pronto
Other country’s constitutions are a few pages and you mongrels draft thousand of pages of total rubbish.
No CRITICISM is Unworthy… Those who sat at the NCC must not think they are much wiser than the Rest 11,999,900+ of Zambian population…
Mr Chifumo Banda must not trigger apathy in the public. The Zambians have the Right to air their views regardless from which ever cadre.
The Rest of the Zambians will proof read this Document not for money! But for the sake of the FUTURE!! So they are more sober and more objective in their contributions…. This document more closer to our hearts than ….. So please spare the Zambians and show TOLERANCE just the Zambians Tolerated the NCC and its wasteful lethargy in reaching this Point. Any how Thank you!
5. I agree with you these toileti or shida papers these guys were writing are full of rubbish supervised by their fulish MMD top fuuls. This useless so called constitution is going nowhere. It will be written over and over again maybe a hundred times as long as MMD are still misusing our tax money. Matuvi ya constitution!!!! Kamba MMD tikuuke matuvi pameso!!!
Addendum… So please spare the Zambians and Show TOLERANCE and RESPECT just as the Zambians tolerated The NCC group with its wasteful lethargic attitude in reaching this Point. Any how thank you, will will look at it and comment…
Good Job chifumu and the team, job well done
When will this constitution become LAW? if at all it will.
Finally,the draft is out,congrats,Chifumu and your team for working tireless.
Why is this man so protective about the so called draft. Let people air their views freely. He knows there is a lot of rubish in the draft because it was written by the MMD and not the Zambians wishes. If you are not ready to be criticized get the hell draft away from us.
Dont cry foul before you read the document.
This draft constitution is so draconian and backswards.Imagine having a damn constitution that denies citizens right to basics such as food,housing,health etc. It goes steps further in denying people a good voting system by disallowing the 50+1.This is a screwd up constitution that allows one bastard or so called president to have almost godly powers,in that he appoints and dissapoints everyone and everything.Am amazed that some baggers are already praising it.With so many “wamuyaya praise singers” Zambia is surely doomed!
#11 so they are still doubting Thomas out there. I thought with this Document people should be saying they are seeing some light or atleast getting closer but ish!!!! N’way we are moving forward in the best interest of all well meaning Zambians. Its sad that when you are out, you tend to think that Fred is the Countries mentor To Hell, how can one man be the decider of everything. if he hates Chiluba he wants all to hate him. when he was against levy he wanted every Zambian to hate him, when he opposed Sata he wanted the same from all Zambians now he is fighting RB. We are ready kwena mukose. the best is yet to come so is the worst defeat of mmembe and friends
RUPIAH BANDA IS STILL IN SOUTH AFRICA WATCHING FOOTBALL. HE GOES TO NAMIBIA ON WEDNESDAY!!!!!!
IMAGINE, THE COSTS OF RB AND HIS ENTOURAGE’S STAY IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON!!!
Please ensure that dual nationality is enacted ASAP!
this dirty document must be rejected by good citizens because of the following reasons
1) only 5% of grade 12 school leavers go to university (mostly children of those same guys in this so called NCC) to get degrees because of limited space hence we can’t deny 95% rights to become presidents.
2) we need a president accepted by half of the citizens. put in 50%+1 clause in the constitution to avoid riging.
3) water, food and other human basic needs are citizens rights. government must provide
4) we need independent appointing bodies/committees for major positions in government to avoid political interference.eg judges, inspector general of policy, DPP etc.
Two issues.
Do we really need to even change the constitution considering the contents?
How come the IP address for the new MMD Bootlicker in the USA is the same as Veteran Senior Citiizen BK?
Fired South Africa High Commissioner is no longer on the web. Sad scenario. For continuity their chief Spokesperson BK at Washington has taken up the duties of blogging for everyone that is recalled.
Is there a constitution anywhere in the world that guarantees food and shelter for all citizens? If it was enshrined in the constitution, would I then be able to sit on my arse and expect the govt to feed and house me?
I wonder how this will affect the pact seeing that UPND sat on the NCC which means that they have in fact endorsed the document?
On “Mr. Banda has since appealed to the general public to take time to study the documents during the 40 days period starting today for the public to make their contributions, observations and other responses to the draft constitution” thanks NCC secretariat for this opportunity you have given me as a real Zambian and I will utilise it carefully for the benefit of all Zambians who are living including future ones.
I will however begin to work on producing a better constitution for a political party to be borne in the future which hopefully will form GRZ Administration and then provide all Zambians with an altered Zambia Republican Constitution that will reduce the still excessive powers a sitting President of Zambia holds.
Have a blessed day all.
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Matt 6:33 But seek ye…
The reason behind not allowing access to food and shelter in the draft constitution is meant to stop the devastating African trend of begging all the time. This will help our people to work hard and make ends meet without relying on one breadwinner who gets up every morning go to his ‘Kantemba’ makes his money and goes home in the evening with ‘dry kapenta’ and a small bag of sugar for ‘porage’. His wife is unemployed, his children cant read, his nephews are kaponyas. We need to learn to work hard and do whatever it takes to make it otherwise Ichilema and Satan will continue insulting everybody.
# what is there to read. These cadres rejected our submissions through Mun’gomba commission. Our comment is simple. Let us replace this rubbish document with the Mungomba draft in its totality. 50+1, Degree Clause, Social Economic rights, Elected Veep, (co-runner), right to Education upto vasity, reduction of presidential powers, Non appointing of ministers from members of Parliament. All these good things are not their in this junk they want us to read. We are not dull to be reading this junk. We followed the deliberations of this fradulent NCC. It is quite sad that we must read this document becouse it is a bad teast.
Chief Boolicker.
Why is yr party uncomfortable with the 51 plus clause?
MMD is very comfortable with any constitution amendment. Its up to the Zambian people to say what they want after fully understanding their constitutional right. Our sovereign government will do the will of the people because its the same majority of Zambians who voted for our government. What we do NOT want to see is a bunch of kaponyas in Lusaka and Kitwe who think they are the majority. Zambia has nine provinces and MMD enjoys a cool majority of members and voters. When 2011 come you will remember my words. MMD can afford to forgo 2 or 3 provinces and scoop the rest! This is what is troubling Satan’s mind and his young brother Ichilema with no wings to fly by himself. Join MMD today otherwise you will remain miserable
Ba MMD Chief Bootlicker.
Are you not aware of the Mungomba submissions on the 51 plus.Lets be honest once in a while we are grown ups!!!!!
Hey, am I the only one unable to access this draft on the three named links or sites that he has listed??
The Circus continues…..Since Dr Kaunda vacated State house we have failed to do a sensible job all because we donot really know what we want. First the NCC rejected the key expectations i.e 50+1+right to education,shelter and food etc and now they asking us for comments within 40 days when it taken years,allowances to come up with this draft. What a waste of time and money!
#28 Do not waste your time threading anything to that failure. Kindly utilise your time reading what is in the draft constitution. The man has nothing to offer apart from embracing wrong things and vibrating anything without thinking. The article is very clear and does not in any of the paragraphs mention political leaders….. Grow up ba boot fimo fimo and learn to base your comments on the story..
YAYAYA. Thanks Kingdom Banda. We will stead the document and we are proud of you.
This no sense aint going nowhere. may the hooligans promoting this useless agenda be crucified in jail and hell when we win next years elections. may their children suffer more than the suffering and death they have caused for so many zambians due to this theft. every one of them.
RUBBISH, WE SHALL MAKE A NEW ONE COME 2011. THIS IS AN LPMRBMMD DOCUMENT, NOT ZAMBIAN
Bloggers, this is off the mark but i found the rapport between KK and Fred Mmbembe quite interesting to listen to and watch. Those of you who say the post publish what they dont have at least this will prove you wrong. Just access the post online and hear it for yourselves. See how KK still harbors the pains inflicted on him by Sakala Chiluba
#22 SANSAKUWA, you ve eyes but you cannot see. You are the dumest of ’em bloggers here besides Chief bootlicker the spate of MMD kaponyas. I thot UPND participants are the so called rebel MP’s who are now being paraded in luapula & elsewhere to stand on MMD tickets?
THE PATRIOT better insight but you are living in the dark-hope never comes without action & happiness never comes. In as mush as you think you will contribute to this document or produce your own in the future adminstartion(whatever that means), it all starts with 2011 & i bet aganist ma finger MM has to go for convention to choose a presidential candidate but already GKunda has said its only RB. I guess all these foolish cadres can undress before his eyes as their tiny balls stink to allow him outside a mandate.
How can you give citizens of a country 40 days to read and consider a document, when the document is only available on-line ( I have not found it on any of the websites mentioned), in a country where internet access is severely restricted and expensive to most citizens. This level of consultation is disingenuous and shows a lack of respect for the general populance.
I PRAY THAT THIS DOCUMENT WILL MAKE SENSE TO SOME OF US, ALREADY CHIFUMU BANDA IS ALMOST TELLING US NOT TO DEBATE…..REMEMBER FOR US WE ARE NOT DOING FOR MONEY OR POLITICS BUT FOR THE LOVE OF OUR NATION–WE ONLY HAVE THIS ZAMBIA NOTHING ELSE….SO ALLOW US TO SMOOTHLY SCRUTINISE AND SEPERATE SENSE FROM NO SENSE (WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER)
#36 I did not realise that there were any rebel MPs from the UPND camp sitting on the NCC. I am aware of rebel PF mps led by Machungwa but the UPND sat on the NCC and were reportedly happy about inclusion of the degree clause. Perhaps you have more information regarding the matter. I appreciate your ability to argue a point without resorting to insults and any other childish behaviour as we live in a country where divergent views are tolerated. I commend your level headedness in arguing your point – many thanks.
I CAN NOT FIND THE DRAFT ON THE WEBSITES PROVIDED–SOMEONE TO HELP ME PLEASE–I HAVE CHECK THE THREE OF THEM BUT CAN NOT SEE IT…HELP PLEASE
I couldnt find this document on any of the websites given
SANSAKUWA
Since u are turnig out to be a fluent MMD PR person can u tell us why yr party is not comfortable with 51plus clause.
Question is: Is there any guarantee that what the citizens will submit after going through this document will be taken into account by those who think because they currently occupy privileged positions, then they have the monopoly on intelligence and wisdom? Or is it a case of going through the motions and wasting time? Someone, please, assure me.
#42 I personally am not afraid of the 51 plus clause as I dont think Sata would get it. If it was to go to a run off between Sata and RB, Western, Southern, and NW are more likely to vote for RB than Sata as PF usually a poor third in those provinces. The point I am trying to raise and which some of you are avoiding to answer is what does this new development mean for the pact because UPND have been sitting whereas PF except for the rebel MPs have boycotted the process? This means that whatever document is finally produced will have been endorsed by UPND, how then will they work with a party that has been totally opposed to the whole process?
Dont cry foul for nothing. The document is here to stay. PF refused to participate because all PF members are kaponyas and are scared of reading. So dont cry if you cant read!!!
how many pgs is this document anyway? good luck reading it.
The final report has over 900 pages but the constitution draft has 291 pages. one doesn’t need to read all things anyway…Choose what is close to your heart…..
as for Dual citizenship.. article 21. (1) A citizen, by birth or descent, shall not lose that
citizenship by acquiring the citizenship of another country.
(2) A citizen, by birth or descent, and who, before the
commencement of this Constitution, acquired the citizenship of another
country and as a result ceased to be a Zambian citizen shall be entitled to
apply to the Citizenship Board to regain that citizenship.
This is good for national development.
I hope the public will still be given a chance to change things they think should be done differently. 40 days is quite too short but concerned citizens should surely read some clauses close to their hearts and let the NCC know that the public disagrees to certain points stated in the draft. This will also let politicians know that we are “not DULL ZAMBIANS” as stated by one of the Ministers.
I am proud to be MMD Chief Boot Licker and my contribution to my country and government. For yall information, I have 3 kids, Two at University in South Africa and 1 at UNZA in Zambia. Im sure my children are more on a good path to success than half of kaponyas here. It is important to have facts before you open your poor and uneducated mouth! With or without MMD I will remain The Chief Boot Licker! My salary alone has served 19 street kids from Lusaka! Yes there is a reason people call me MMD Chief Boot Licker!
I think i have a lot of thing to study.
Chief bootlicker you are a disgrace.Shame on you.
chief Boot Licker, it is understandable that the germs you engorge maintain your “verbal diarrhoea”, try some Imodium!!
This draft constitution is really ****ed up.To hell with the MMD.
when is the prc or the roc going to buy zambia??? that’s all i want to know. the circus in zambia has gone on for long enough. amandla!!
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