The National Constitutional Conference (NCC) will tomorrow at 14:00 hours resume sitting at Lusaka’s Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC).
NCC Spokesperson Mwangala Zaloumis announced this at a press briefing in Lusaka today.
Mrs. Zaloumis said the NCC would among other things approve the authority to recruit experts from outside the conference to educate members on the constitutional making process.
She said the 11 various committees that were constituted by the NCC would each be given an expert, who would be recruited from within and outside Zambia, for specific expertise to the delegates.
She told journalists that on Thursday, the NCC members would undergo orientation on what the constitution is and the types of the constitutions that exist in Africa.
Mrs. Zaloumis further said the members would also be taught the doctrine of separation of powers by experts to ensure that they understood the constitution as they settle down into serious deliberations.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Zaloumis disclosed that the Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) church has been asked to choose another member to replace the late Cornelius Matandiko, who died about a month ago.
She said other institutions whose delegates died would be required to provide replacements.
And Mrs. Zaloumis has disclosed that about 12 more delegates would be sworn in at 11:00 hours tomorrow to join the conference.
She said these would replace the deceased delegates and those that did not take up their appointments.
Meanwhile, a check by ZANIS at the Mulungushi International Conference centre found scores of NCC delegates collecting documents in readiness for the resumption of sittings tomorrow.
Can we please put in place a better document for our country time is ranning out. We need that doc soon.
It is interesting to hear the complexity of the NCC. I hope that recruiting the experts for the committees is not a way of shifting the blame of the possible would be ‘dented’ constitution. Everyone knows the kind of the constitution the Zambian has been expecting since 1991.
In the first place, what prompted the Mwanawasa govt to make such a money wasting activity. Why put a mere grade twelve mayor and say he/she will understand the complexity of the judicial language. We have parliament, NCC and ZCID doing one and the same job yet the money being spent is for a duplication of work. Zedians, its likely the constitution making process will fail
In otherwords there is no one in the entire commission who is capable of offering whatever parkage the so called experts anticipated for recruitment will offer.Why didnt they ensure that these experts were part and parcel of the NCC in the first place? Why pick people who dont understand the constitution making process? I can forsee failure of the process coz we’ve got people who dont know why they in the NCC apart from rushing for the allowances. By the way whats the time frame for NCC?
Please NCC, educate your delegates to keep records of their progress so that in a case when/if they die before the end of their NCC assignment someone who takes over their place will find it easy to follow on the initial contributions and stand point on the matter.
To those who died, condolences to their families. I have in mind the family of Dr Cornelious Matandiko who served the SDA Church well in his capacity as SDA Zambia Union Conference President. We are seriously missing him, but the Lord God will provide.
Be blessed you all. And please NCC, see to it that we produce a sound and much needed Zambian Constitution in good time. 2011 is just round the corner.
We dont need insults on this website otherwise it will lose meaning.
#6 if you have nothing sensible to contribute go and waste you time with Bob.
What is wrong with the current constitution?