By Nathan Chanda, PF MCC
The fall of Bill 10 is a serious setback for development in Copperbelt rural areas. Copperbelt rural, especially in Chiefdoms, could have greatly benefited our people including the Traditional Leaders had Bill 10 going through.
Bill 10 had serious elements that included delimitation, representation of women and youths, and the disabled in Parliament, including further issues affecting the Traditional Leaders.
However, under the Leadership of President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, the collapse of Bill 10 is a temporary setback.
The collapse of the bill was due to the selfishness of self-proclaimed Leader Hakainde Hichilema who does not want to see Zambia develop. It is unfortunate that UPND- Members of parliament allowed themselves to be restrained from taking part in the proceedings of voting including just to debate the Bill just because of desperation for re-adoption.
Bill 10 could have also helped to resolve the traditional land disputes in Chiefdoms. But we have leaders that have no interest for the people.
We, however, assured Chieftainess Shimukunami of President Lungu’s development agenda for Lufwanyama District.
To Church Mother bodies we wait to hear from you over the Christian declaration which should have been put in through Bill 10.
The collapse of the bill, simply means the 2016 constitutional legal and electoral framework will remain unchanged.
“2016 constitutional legal and electoral framework, which was a source of conflict following the 2016 general elections, for example, 14 days to hear a petition because our friends from opposition believe in producing a President through abusing Court process unlike using a ballot box and this will remain unchanged going into the 2021 general elections. It is only until such a time when the nation will embark on yet another constitutional making process that things will change.
Further, it is shocking that in the desperate attempts of the UPND, they are spreading false news and circulating on social media a 1996 old affidavit and declaration form which was there during MMD when Dr. Kaunda wanted to contest and it was repealed after the amendment of the 2016 constitution. The current declaration form does not have what is on social media that President Lungu is not eligible for 2021.
We want to assure the Zambian people that President Edgar Lungu is standing and winning the 2021 General Elections.
When you wave at a monkey it’ll wave back but it doesn’t know the meaning. This the problem that faces the PF. Now every jack will attribute their failure to perform to the collapse of Bill 10 and blame it on Hichilema. Are these people normal? I’m sure that many in the PF that supported this bill didn’t even read and understand it. And this the Zambia that we have built for ourselves. If Sir Roy Welensky comes back he’d be shocked. He’d wonder why KK and his clleagues fought so hard. At least Welensky left good systems
SO this B10 is now being used as an excuse for failure to look after the blind and disabled. What has been done to institutions like Kang’onga in Ndola, the rehabilitation center and many other dotted around the country started by UNIP? The problem is, currently for someone to come out of poverty, the easiest and sure way is get into Politics, sit a GRZ office or Parliament. Let those entrusted with authority and governance take care of all the citizens including the disabled.
They are caught with pants down. When you are planning evil things against God’s people this is what happens.
What is the connection between Bill 10 and development?
PF must go!
I thought you have always been celebrating the declaration of Zambia as a christian nation(not Christian) as proclaimed by Chiluba..what more did you want?
Propaganda propaganda propaganda. How was bill 10 going to resolve the traditional land disputes in Chiefdoms on the copperbelt as claimed? If HH is a self-proclaimed Leader isn’t Lungu also self proclaimed? And why assure Chieftainess Shimukunami of President Lungu’s development agenda for Lufwanyama District? If you think the law needs to be passed just Split the clauses in the bill and re-introduce it.
A bad carpenter will always blame is tools for his failures.
If indeed delimitation was solely dependent on bill 10 going through, the question I have is how come ECZ started the delimitation process in constituencies long before bill 10 had gone to parliament, then under which law did they start this process?
There is nowhere in bill 10 where the number of youths, disabled and women will be represented in parliament it only talks of mix member representation, no number or percentage of representation, an article so vague , creating lacunas in trying to solve another lacuna. The adoption process for MPs start at party level, thats where all this representation of youth, women and disabled should start from, be implemented.
MY ADVICE, WHETHER BILL 10 OR NO BILL 10, JUST DELIVER TO THE PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS.
OTHER WISE HH WILL CAPITALIZE ON THIS THAT YOU ACCUSING HIM FOR YOUR FAILURES.
YOU ARE IN CONTROL, JUST DRIVE PROPERLY THE VEHICLE.
BY THE WAY, THE BEHAVIOUR OF YOUR CADRES REALLY DESTROYING THE PARTY,
INCLUDING SOME OF YOUR MINISTERS.
Hehehehe, these people are very funny. On one hand you say, ‘Look at all the development the PF government has done!’ This has been without Bill 10. But now you are telling us that there will be no development because there is no Bill 10. Bill 10 was vague on ‘mixed representation.’ A Constitution MUST define what it says and not leave it to the majority in parliament to do so. It looks like Lead poisoning is not just in Kabwe.
It is a set back to the development of his/their pockets and also an escalator to their prison abodes.
Not just Copperelt, it is the set back to development of entire Zambia. Those celebrating the fall of Bill10 will realise this soon. It is time, right thinking people joined hands for the fall of those who are responsible for it.
The Bill would have solved the issue of succession of traditional leaders for ever and that too in the way, everyone always wanted it.
The falsehood spread by the opposition is the proof of its desperation to grab the power at any cost. The opposition leader is only worried about his personal gains and not the country at large.
Funny that the PF are alluding to the clauses they used to hide the evil ones as being a set back to development. one wonders what development was there in the clauses to give cabinet power to get loans, or bring back deputy ministers in an economy desperate for more austerity measures from the government, then boom comes an audit report that says k1.3 billion of covid-19 funds have been misappropriated. how much more can people take from this thieving government?
The opposition has sabotaged the future of millions of Zambians. Bill10 was not about one person, as they claim. It was for delimitation, increased participation of women, youths and differently abled persons in Parliament.
The opposition is today happy to ruin the future of the nation. What would the go and ask votes on in 2021? Hope people show them their right place.
Ba PF you really think Zambians are stupid ka. Bama kaka iwe. You think Zambia is yours? Who does by now know that Bill 10 was meant to allow Lungu to illegally hold office for the third time? Tesheti!
So you wanted to use bill 10 to bribe the chiefs? And you are even admitting? Shame on you PF. Just as well it didn’t go through.