Zambia: Chieftains, the Clergy and the Constitution
Zambia🇿🇲: Chieftains, the Clergy and the Constitution By Henry Kyambalesa In this article, I wish to answer the following question posed by Fred M’membe of the Socialist Party: “What will be unconstitutional about proposing changes in the law to accommodate policies and ideas that benefit and largely empower our people through their traditional and religious leaders?” 1. Changes to the Republican Constitution must never be made to satisfy the inclinations, or meet the political ambitions, of individual citizens or groups of citizens. 2. Chieftains and the clergy ascend to positions of authority through coronation; they are not elected by the...
