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‘Zambia still has a huge leadership challenge’

‘Zambia still has a huge leadership challenge’
By Moses Kuwema
Wed 04 Aug. 2010, 04:01 CAT

ZAMBIA still has a huge leadership challenge, Lusaka businessman Frank Mulala has observed. In his submission to the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) on clause 108 (1) (e) of the draft constitution, Mulala stated that each leader who assumed power, used self-leadership instead of state leadership.

He said from the time the country was ‘dumped’ into a ditch, no leader had managed to remove it completely.

“In this ditch, God will once again send his spirit to dwell among Zambians just like he did in 1991. Inside the ditch, the spirit is going to anoint an ordinary person again. Through an anointed Zambian, God is going to once again restructure the leadership of Zambia. It is the restructured leadership that will finally remove Zambia from the ditch and continue moving forward in the right direction,” stated Mulala.

He stated that it was the president’s sole responsibility to ensure that the nation was governed by a stable constitution.

“The current President is therefore not expected to be the main initiator of an unstable Constitution,” he stated.

Mulala stated that politicians and other lawmakers needed to understand that a stable government was a true reflection of a stable leadership.

He stated that his submitted research which cuts across countries intended to remind leaders of their role as bridges over so many governance challenges. Mulala stated that the authority to rule Zambians could only come from God, adding that such leaders needed to possess some kind of anointment from God.

“It is through the anointment, not academic qualifications that a leader is expected to be receiving special guidance and instructions from God on how best to govern a nation. In today’s time, anyone is able to acquire a degree, be it in gardening, tailoring, housekeeping or even in hair dressing,” stated Mulala.

He stated that leadership does not come from universities. Mulala wondered why Zambia wanted to settle for a degree holder as president when the nation had so many PhD holders.

“If the Zambian leadership is going to be determined by academic qualifications, for the constitution under clause 108 (1) (e) to stand the test of time, why should Zambia settle for a lower qualification such as a degree,” Mulala wondered.

Clause 108 (1) (e) of the draft constitution states that a person shall be qualified to be a candidate for election as president if that person has obtained, as a minimum academic qualification, a first degree or its equivalent from a recognised university or institution.

And Mulala said his study found that the current draft constitution in Zambia was not equipped with sufficient clauses that could adequately provide guidelines should the need to form a coalition government arose.

“Zambia is so fortunate in the sense that the constitution is under review just before elections. Meaning that Zambia stands a better chance of avoiding the path of Kenya and Zimbabwe,” he stated.

Mulala stated that a corrupt free constitution was the strongest weapon that any state leadership could use to fight corrupt practices at all leadership levels since it had the ability to deal with corrupted policies first.

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