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Zambia is facing a leadership crisis - Mambo

Zambia is facing a leadership crisis - Mambo
By Patson Chilemba
Mon 23 Aug. 2010, 04:10 CAT

ZAMBIA is facing a leadership crisis because leaders do not want to leave a legacy that will protect the interests of the land, Chikondi Foundation president Bishop John Mambo has observed.

Commenting on the constitution-making process undertaken by the National Constitutional Conference (NCC), Bishop Mambo said Zambia would have had a better constitution if the NCC had remained true to its mandate to adopt the Mung’omba report.

He said Zambia had now become a laughing stock to the outside world because of a terrible constitution and a terrible NCC process. Bishop Mambo said the NCC had mutilated the Mung’omba report by removing progressive clauses such as having a presidential running mate and recalling members of parliament who failed to perform.

He said even progressive clauses on the media and freedom fighters had been removed by the NCC.

“Meaning that we have a leadership crisis; people who do not want to leave a legacy that will protect the interest of the land. What will happen is that in the near future our own children will simply say enough is enough and they will take to the street,” Bishop Mambo said.

“When you are in government you must know that you are a father, a mother, you are a grandparent of everybody. Don’t go to government for jobs. You go there for serious business hence in the near future we must work very hard, if you are poverty-stricken like me you must never be entrusted with power because first you want to enrich your pocket.”

Bishop Mambo said Zambian politicians, particularly those in the government, wanted a defective constitution so that they could continue to exploit the people.

“If you have a business and you don’t belong to a ruling party, the business will die a natural death because of the bad constitution. You throw away a running mate!” he wondered.

Bishop Mambo expressed surprise that the NCC never even bothered to contact former Constitution Review Commission (CRC) chairperson Willa Mung’omba during their sessions.

He said the Mung’omba CRC members should mobilise and give their position on the outcome of the constitution-making process by the NCC.
Bishop Mambo expressed little hope of enacting the constitution through Parliament because most of the bad clauses the NCC had passed would merely be rubberstamped.

“You can’t be the arresting officer, a jury and a judge,” said Bishop Mambo.
The NCC is expected to present a final draft constitution to the Minister of Justice by August 31 this year.

Labels: JOHN MAMBO, LEADERSHIP

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