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Draft constitution good so far, hope Sata won’t water it down

By Godwin Kaluwe This Draft Constitution of Zambia really looks good to me. I like it, especially, Elected Vice president, 50% +1, Diaspora vote, House of Chiefs, Decentralized provincial Assemblies, Legislative reforms, Justice System, Dual citizenship, and Limited presidential powers etc. This is good for the country and will benefit the people. It should have [...]

Suspended Supreme court Justice Phillip Musonda says the Malawian Judge who has been imported to lead a tribunal to investigate him and two other judges is too junior to handle the matter. And the Judicial and Allied Workers of Zambia says President Michael Sata breached the constitution when he appointed a tribunal. But the Law [...]

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The PF constituted Task Force  has questioned son of former president Rupiah Banda Andrew in connection with the alleged corruption activities in a road contract that was given to an Italian company by Road Development Agency (RDA). Andrew Banda has also been questioned about the money amounting to about 195 million kwacha which was come [...]

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Former Finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane appears to be making serious inroads into winning the MMD presidency. Though many people hold the opinion that the battle to lead the former ruling party is between former commerce minister Felix Mutati and former vice president Nevers Mumba, ‘intelligence’ information by the Watchdog indicate that Situmbeko Musokotwane is now [...]

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The draft constitution has completely ignored the Bartoseland agreement but has created structures similar to a Federal System of government where regions have semi-autonomous powers. Part 2 section 4 of the draft law says: (1) Zambia is a sovereign Republic, consisting of the territory and territorial waters described and delineated in an Act of Parliament. (2) The Republic [...]

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Indian officials say heavy rain and darkness have temporarily halted rescue operations after at least 103 people drowned when an overcrowded ferry capsized on one of India’s largest rivers. Efforts to find more than 100 people still missing are set to resume Tuesday morning. Jayanta Choudhury, the police chief of Assam state, where the boat [...]

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UPND Dundumwezi Member of Parliament Edgar Sing’ombe has advised Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba not to mock Zambians by claiming that the PF government is currently operating on the MMD government’s budget. Mr. Sing’ombe says that it wrong for Mr. Mwamba to make such remarks because the budget which parliament approved in December 2011 was for [...]

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