NDOLA District Commissioner Joshua Mutisa has said his office has received overwhelming response from Ndola residents who are interested in reading the Draft Constitution.Mr Mutisa said in an interview that people had visited his office in numbers to get a copy of the Draft Constitution.
He said his office was given 200 copies of the Draft Constitution on Friday last week and all the copies had run out.
“All the copies have run out, the response from the people of Ndola has been overwhelming,” he said.
Mr Mutisa said his office was making arrangements for more copies.
He said some people had, however, raised concerns on how they would make their responses. The Luanshya Pastors Fellowship said on Thursday that the 40 days given for submissions on the Draft Constitution were sufficient.
Chairperson Morgan Kanjolo, however, urged the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) to supply sufficient copies to the district.
Livingstone on Wednesday received 200 copies of the Draft Constitution which were being distributed to Government departments, churches, and non-governmental organisations.
District Commissioner Francis Chika, who apologised on behalf of the NCC for the late delivery of the copies to the district, urged residents to read the draft copies and send their comments to the NCC secretariat.
He said at a media briefing that his office would give two copies to each organisation and other sector representatives to ensure many people received the copies and made comments.
“Though the copies are not enough, the idea is to ensure that at least each sector is catered for. “We will also target libraries and other ordinary people who may not access the copies under various sectors,” Mr Chika said.
He urged people to send their comments on the Draft Constitution to [email protected] or [email protected].
[Times of Zambia]
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Could someone please make me understand why Ndola seems to be happy with having received 200 copies?! I do think it is my grandmother’s duty in twape to lay hands on a copy…but with 200 copies going round, how do the thousands of Ndola residents avail themselves to this material, read it and then provide opinions in 40days?
#2. Because all the money is going to pay these sokomunthus defending Alaabee’s misadventures all over the internet.