The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZSCD) has charged that government is wasting time by once again extending the registration for NGOs in the country under the NGO Act No 16 of 2009.
Government has again extended the registration period for NGOs by sixty days effective 4th February to 5th May 2014.
ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape told QFM News in an interview that mainstream NGOs in the country will never register under the NGO Act and that government’s extension of the deadline is a sheer waste of time.
Mr. Mwape said it is frustrating that the Patriotic Front (PF) government keeps reneging on the promises they made to the people prior to 2011 tripartite elections.
He said that one of the promises President Michael Sata gave the NGOs was that he was going to repeal the NGO Act No 16 of 2009 and replace it with something appealing to NGOs.
[QFM]
Mr. Mwape, kindly enlighten us on this matter. What are the contentious issues that you don’t want in the new legislation (Act)?
why dont you ask your useless mps and sata