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(LUSAKATIMES) UPND to have four Vice Presidents

UPND to have four Vice Presidents
Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 16:21

United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema chating with party vice president Richard Kapita during the opposition party general assembly in Lusaka.

The United Party for National Development (UPND) extra ordinary general assembly has approved the recommendation by the National Management Committee(NMC) to have four Vice Presidents.

The Four Vice Presidents will be in charge of Administration, Economics, Politics and Gender.

In a statement to ZANIS in Lusaka today, UPND Chairperson for Information and Publicity Charles Kakoma also disclosed that the NMC has expanded from 42 to 51 members, while the National Executive Committee (NEC) has increased the number from 17 to 30.

He added that the provincial Management Committee has also been expanded from 14 to 33 and similar expansions have also been made at District, Constituency, Ward and Branch levels.
He further disclosed that the Assembly resolved to recognize the pact between the Patriotic Front (PF) and UPND.

Mr. Kakoma stated that the Assembly has also approved the recommendations by the NMC which are aimed at working together with PF and liberating the Zambian people from the ruling Movement for Multi party Democracy (MMD).

He noted that the pact will also have two Deputy Secretary Generals, one in charge of Administration and the other for Politics and two Deputy Treasurer Generals for Accounts and Resource mobilisation.

Others will be two National Chairpersons for Publicity and Information one in charge of Media Relations and the other for Propaganda and Internal Communication.

The Pact will also have three Deputy National Chairpersons for Women Affairs of which each one of them will be in charge of three Provinces and there will also be three Deputy National Chairpersons for Youth Affairs, each of whom will be in charge of three provinces.

Mr. Kakoma said the committee also approved to have twelve National Trustees adding that the Party President has been empowered to nominate a Director of Research, National Coordinator, Senior Advisor to the President and nine other nominees.

He explained that these appointed by the President are meant to balance regional, gender and disability issues which are subject to ratification by the NMC.

He has however said all the new positions created will be filled soon.

ZANIS

Labels: CHARLES KAKOMA, UPND, VICE PRESIDENCY

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