The Attorney General, Mulilo Kabesha, has clarified that President Hakainde Hichilema, has already fulfilled the constitutional requirement of declaring assets before taking part in the 2021 general elections.
In a statement made available to ZANIS, Mr Kabesha says the Zambian Constitution does not mandate a sitting President to make continuous asset declarations beyond the election cycle.
He added that before contesting the 2021 general elections, the Head of State fully complied with the legal requirement to declare his assets and liabilities, as stipulated in Article 100(1) (h) of the Constitution.
“The law is clear that such declarations are only required before a candidate can contest in an election, and Mr Hichilema had already fulfilled this obligation in 2021,” added Mr Kabesha.
He added that the Constitutional Court clarified that the Presidential continuous asset declarations beyond the election cycle, is not yet enforceable due to the absence of supporting legislation.
Mr Kabesha was responding to media reports arising from some members of the public and politicians demanding that President Hichilema should publicly declare his assets and liabilities.
Unlike poor Lungu who only got rich after gaining the presidency.
Most people don’t understand how this law operates, and hopefully they now do. The Communications Minister should now take it from here and embark on country-wide sensitization about this asset declaration law.
Mr Lungu got rich while in office. There lies the difference.
Just declare. Stop these tuma mingalato of trying to explain the unexplainable
Show us the documents instead of explanations.
What concerns me more is exactly how much does the presidential campign fund allow him to draw ?
and are any T’s & C’s attached ?? I only ask as funds are extremely short and the economy is in a bad way, Also in the past Zesco, Napsa, Zra and others were rumoured to be bled dry ????
HH has a record of having participated and contested in more than five presidential elections. And each time he had to declare his personal assets as required by law. I now find it very pupufu for one still asking, demanding and championing that HH should declare his assets. Please if we don’t have any, let’s just start building our own wealth
You are quite right and its the same with the privatisation issue it may be pure envy but again who really knows if any asset declarations are 100% as book value and reality often vary greatly ask ZRA :))