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A Government Classified Document on Constitution Roadmap leaked to UPND-Katema

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Information Minister Dr Joseph Katema with Dr Cristopher Kalila during a WHO workshop at Chaminuka Lodge.
Information Minister Dr Joseph Katema with Dr Cristopher Kalila

A CLASSIFIED document on the constitution-making process road map has allegedly been stolen from the Ministry of Justice and leaked to the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND), chief government spokesperson Joseph Katema has revealed.

But UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma said in an interview that Government must blame itself for leaked documents because civil servants are dissatisfied with the Patriotic Front (PF) administration.

Dr Katema said this crime requires immediate thorough probe by the police and subsequent court action.

“I wish to inform the nation that a serious criminal act has been committed at the Ministry of Justice where some misguided persons have illegally released a classified document to the opposition UPND,” he said in the statement issued yesterday.

Dr Katema, who is also Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services, said when Minister of Justice and now Patriotic Front presidential candidate Edgar Lungu was appointed Minister of Justice, he released the final draft constitution to Parliament in just two months of being in the office and allowed members of Parliament (MPs) to go through the document and make recommendations in consultation with their constituents.

Dr Katema said Mr Lungu, at the time, also constituted a technical team to advice on how to move the process forward in order to fulfil the wishes of Zambians that have been calling for a new people-driven constitution.

“I regret to inform you that this document that was to chart a progressive way forward has been stolen and subsequently released to the public even when it is a bona-fide government document that would normally require clearance before being released to the public,” Dr Katema said.

He said Government has taken the crime very seriously and would like the police to vigorously investigate the matter and take the perpetrators to court.

The minister said Government finds the behaviour of UPND unprofessional by taking credit for the work done by the Ministry of Justice.

“As a Government, we work on the basis of integrity and such desperate actions raise serious question of lack integrity on the part of the UPND. No wonder they are far away from a position where they can be trusted with the responsibility to run government,” Dr Katema said

He explained that only the PF has 81 MPs and the support of 26 others from the opposition, enough to pass the constitution in Parliament for clauses that do not require a referendum.

“The UPND, which is encouraging illegal acts at the Ministry of Justice, cannot pass any law because it has only 27 MPs. The UPND cannot even form the bare minimum quorum of 53 required for Parliamentary business to take place,” Dr Katema said

But Mr Kakoma said his party has not released any documents and the one in circulation has been leaked by civil servants.

“This Government is so porous. People working for it no longer trust it and so they have been leaking documents. Government should blame itself,” Mr Kakoma said

He said the civil servants are allegedly not happy with the PF government and have resorted to leaking documents.

“You will recall that when the final draft was not released, civil servants leaked it and they have done the same this time,” Mr Kakoma said

86 COMMENTS

    • Who ever believes this cheap claim from PF government is just as dull as their candidate Lungu. You are wasting time, go and start updating your CVs, kuya bebele next week. No one is listening to you anymore. Flight HH2015 is about to take off, destination State House

    • katema shut the F up,, the constitution and everything aound it is for zambians,,, why were you hiding it under your pillow???

    • By all probabilities the document has been leaked by PF to UPND. UPND leadership has fallen into their trap and issued statement that PF wanted them to do. HH has issued roadmap for constitution thinking it will get him votes but that is what PF government wanted. Now they will hammer that HH is a liar. He has no vision of his, he works on borrowed, stolen, canalaised vision and programs of others.

    • It was also in a government classified document that the PF could reinstate nurses, recognize Chitimukulu and pay farmers on time. Some one probably Edgar Lungu in his drunken state mus have leaked all this to HH. Vote wisely HH 2015

    • They are so ashamed that all they can say is the document was stolen. Nonsense

      Let them release what is on paper. Wasn’t Lungu bragging last week. Why didn’t he release it then or did he think other parties don’t think.

      As Mwamba said they went to sleep and thought Zambians would sleep with them.

      VIVA HH 2015

    • BREACH IS BREACH GENTLEMEN WHETHER U ARE “THE THIEF” OR “THE VICTIM” IT MUST BE CONDEMNED. EACH COUNTRY HAS INTELLIGENCE, IF THIS IS HOW PRIMITIVE WE WILL BE POLITICKING THEN THE MONKEYS HAVE OUTSMARTED US. HH WOULD HAVE RELEASED “HIS” CLAIMED “ROADMAP” LONG BEFORE NOW AS HE REALLY WANTED TO WIN MASSES IN UPND UNPOPULAR AREAS.. HE JUST GOT THE DOCUMENT NOW NO WONDER THE LATE RELEASE. ITS REALLY SAD THAT THE WINNING DESIRE IS DRIVING PEOPLE NUTS TO EXTENT THAT THEY NOW OPT FOR CHEAPENING THEMSELVES TO THIEVERY EVEN OF IDEAS.

    • Oh, so HH presented stolen road map ideas yesterday as his own?!!

      Gosh, this guy really prides himself in stolen stuff ka. Suspected stolen wealth, stolen political party leadership, and now stolen constitution road map. Hello!…I think this the guy we should even be worried about stealing the elections instead of the PF. It is said: The guilty are always afraid. This might not be that far off with this gang after all!

      My, my, my, awe uluse mwandi ine!

    • These chaps are shameless liars. If indeed it has been leaked why in the first place should that ka paper be classified? U see how these chaps want to play with us? They are chronic liars who cant be trusted with power anymore. They are there for themselves. God help us kick out these mambalas from govt.

    • Why should a road map to enact the constitution be a secret classified document? It does not make sense at all.

      Katema is not talking about HH’s road map. He is referring to a road map which PF wanted to take to enact the constitution by just forcing through amendments to favour PF and letting parliament vote on it and then adopt it without a referendum. People in PF are increasingly becoming extremely dull because of desperation to defend the indefensible.

      HH ‘s road map is totally different to PF’s. PF ,through the leaked document do not want enact the constitution as it is. They want to change it and then enact it without a referendum.

      HH as president will have executive powers to decree constitution enactment by referendum if PF blocks the parliamentary process.

      Vote…

    • Ni Mee-Too Zoona uyu! How can he run a nation like that. No original ideas of his own. No wonder he even admitted that he has no vision. Copying letter by letter including handwriting?

    • UPND imagine this happening to you when you are in government. Thank God upnd will never rule.

      Next please…

      Viva EL Viva PF

    • Ba katema you will be ashamed when ZWD releases your document on PF ‘s version of the Road map.

      PF road map document was leaked some time in November. PF ‘s document does not state that the constitution will be enacted through a referendum.

      PF refused to enact the constitition via a referendum giving all sorts of excuses that its too expensive and government can not afford it.

      How come today, PF is trying to lie to the people that PF wanted to enact the constitution by referendum?

      Only PF f000ls will agree with Katema ‘s statement.

      PF ‘s time is over. PF has no vision but instead its riding on the back of UPND and trying to copy every thing UPND says.

      Any way some us saw this coming. We are not surprised by PF ‘s copy cat tendencies.

      There is nothing worthy…

    • How can PF have a road map when its candidate refused to commit to enacting the constitution by signing the social contract?

      Now that UPND has out smarted them by releasing its constitution making roadmap, PF cries foul when their process of enacting the constitution is shrouded in secrecy and does not include the referendum. Records are there to prove that PF refused to go the referendum way.

      PF is under pressure because it’s lies has been exposed by UPND ‘s road map. It now knows that the people like HH ‘s raod map and their secret devious road map meant to cheat the people.

      Wow, every thing UPND does, sned PF into a panic mode.

      Why should constitution making processes be a secret sure? PF has no shame at all. It tried to hide the draft constitution, its workers leaked…

    • We all know that this document and the draft constitution have been leaked by Tonga civil servants. It is very clear than Tongas no matter how well paid, are always in support of their fellow Tongas in opposition. But watch out UPND and your fellow tribes men, you have set a precedent. Should you by any chance win any future elections, Bembas and easterners have learnt a lesson from you. Sabotage !!!!

    • Okey guys and girls,

      You have sniffed out my lies.

      In my own defense, I am two weeks away from losing my job and am getting BP and have long lost my libido.

      Please feel pity for me and try to believe my lies napapata.

    • The leaking of government document is a typical sign of a crumbling government.

      How can a government be so porous?

      Such things only happen when people working in government are also not happy with what top government officials are doing.

      PF is divided house which can no longer stand. The Towere of Babel effect has got the best of.

      Is now for PF pack and please.

    • I thought the constitutional roadmap released by Akainde was his original ideal and works kanshi its stolen and plagiarised PF work.

      This is the worst level of desperation we are witnessing in our coutry.

  1. So ba HH presented ka leakage for the so called constitution roadmap. Even adults dub into leakages sure. I thought it was only grade 7s 9s and 12s in Zambia. The Grand Coalition should disqualify HH for cheating

    • So cacine ba HH nibakabolala tefyo? true a thief always a thief. now we have confirmed that although he refuses about money stolen during privitisation although he stole it. even the freemason he has been refusing. Ni hardcore thief uyo muntu.

    • PF is copying everything from UPND. Edgar is busy repeating campaign speeches of HH.
      Now the UPND give sexy moves of how to in-pregnant government and PF claim that their wife committed adultery.
      Fire the minister of Justice then.

    • Lungu woo jelousy .Why did you wait until UPND published its own Road map.Lungu was supposed to use the constitution as a campaign material,now you want tocry foul .HH has a legal team of lawyers just publish your so that we compare if there the same word by word.Mwanyala Ba PF failures.

  2. PF now this is more than embarracing, beyond words. Do you have any morals? How low can you sink surely to make this cheap claim? If you had this road map then what were you waiting for? Why did you release it? Anyway kuya bebele go and start updating your CVs
    Viva HH and UPND

    • UPND zealots do not read what Charles Kakoma, my fired uncle from Zambia Daily Mail has said. He is official spokesperson for UPND and HH. He has acknowledged that they got the document from the ministry.

  3. Kakoma is a shameless fool. Honestly how can you rejoice over a stolen thing. I knew upnd has no capacity to come up with such an idea of a road map. Wen we say we don’t need change of govt now yu think we are joking. Pf is ok for now. Those good praises yu were showering at hh are for the highly learned edgar lungu.

  4. Mwefishile kwisa kanshi iyiyine roadmap ba Katema. unbelievable.No wonder people are calling you “me too” party.In parliament Lungu said there was no roadmap.Your candidate ba Katema has no vision. Why did he not release the roadmap then ?

  5. As long as you project self importance ati moses wa nonba. An elder in SDA who doest know that mosses never entered the PROMISED LAND. i would rather vote for Muliokela.. YOU steal a document and claim you are very sharp. You plunder and claim you are very rich, my foot!

    • Moses was the deliverer for the Israelis and his mission was not to enter the promised land, but just to lead them and then head to heaven as JJ put it.

      SO HH PLEASE DELIVER US FROM THIS ECONOMIC DOWN FALL WHERE MEALIE MEAL IS K70, FUEL K10, US4 IS K6.50

      NOT TO MENTION THE COUNTRIES DEBT THAT THE COUNTRY HAS TO PAY BACK FOR MORE THAT 20 YEARS

      VIVA HH 2015

    • I have listened to both PF & UPND songs. One claims to be Joshua who will lead Zambia to the promised land and another claim to be Moses who will deliver Zambia from bondage. I have no problem with the two.

      But my question fellow bloggers is what is needed for Zambians now?
      Is it entering promised land (assuming already delivered) or deliverance from bondage (assuming still in bondage). Please help answer this question. Pray and think wisely.

    • PF supporters now you want to use the bible to mislead. The constitution is a campaign issue. Why didn’t your candidate use that road map in his campaigns? Support intelligently, if your candidate has boobed just keep quiet and not post anything instead of trying to make us believe the ridiculous.

  6. “The UPND, which is encouraging illegal acts at the Ministry of Justice, cannot pass any law because it has only 27 MPs. The UPND cannot even form the bare minimum quorum of 53 required for Parliamentary business to take place,” Dr Katema said

    The statement above is very vital and requires serious consideration by UPND – otherwise if HH wins will be impeached because he has no majority in the parliament.

    • Just chill! Every Zambian MP is for sale to the highest bidder. Political loyalties are fickle. You will see Katema asking for a job from HH next week. PF MPs will support UPND once it’s clear that Vodka Chakolwa Lungu has lost.

  7. Maturity in Zambian politics will dawn only when people grow enough brains to address a wrong as a wrong in spite of where it is coming from. like HH, the greed of his followers will stop at nothing for any buck he throws at them! But the biggest illigality is perpetrated by the ijiot who buys & invests in illigality: HH, from paying cadres to chase polling booths, chairs, latterns to buying leaked docs; wont be suprised if they don’t start chasing choppers too!
    Shame on mama Maureen Mwanawasa for her ‘streap tease’ at morals!!

  8. What can come from PF and Lungu? From the time he started campaigning he has been plagiarizing HH’s campaign messages:

    1. HH said I recognize Chitimukulu – me too!
    2. HH said I will reinstate the fired nurses – me too!
    3. I will pay farmers on time – me too!
    4. HH said I will lower the cost of living – me too!
    5. HH said I will lower the prices for inputs – me too and the list of plagiarism goes on.

    Does Lungu know that plagiarism is an act of fraud? What he is doing is stealing HH else’s messages and presenting them as his own.

    I have never seen a leader with a weak intellectual disability like Lungu.

    There is no doubt that Lungu cannot originate an economic or social or political idea hence depending on cutting and pasting HH’s messages.

    Dullness is Lungu’s…

    • greatest weakness and the brain is HH’s greatest asset. There is no doubt that HH’s creativity is linked to his intelligence.

    • Sara, all those things had been planned by the government and HH stole them from PF. You are the ones who are dull because you are copy cats. Tizamiona, you will rot in opposition. You will never see the corridors of state house ever. Until you repent from your freemasonry and thieving practice, you will NEVER be accepted by most Zambians.

  9. Is Katema alive? Oh I mean awake? PF is a bunch of dull people, they are just concerned with their pockets. The road-map was probably stolen from Mwanawasa, you think PF have brains that go beyond Willie Nsanda? Tired of PF failures, please just start packing as we get ready for the new government, you have mentally drained our thinking. 168 hours to 20 minutes to go. HH has lot of work to do.

  10. UPND ar criminals.
    desperate criminals who can do anything in exchange for power.
    ba KAKOMA u ar not even ashamed of yourself how do u take pride in illagality even before people entrust u with with power?
    what more if u won? u will never be given the mandate by the Zambian people to rule their country oz they know as
    crooks
    very dull
    evill
    tribalist

    • @Seniormost man, you never learn! Are you sure Mr. Kakoma can say that? Do not be naive. It is very clear some Hate Journalist has put a spin to whatever Mr. Kakoma may have said. When you look at the Constitutional Roadmap released by UPND it is such a simple document that even you sitting with a lawyer for an hour you can develop one! PF should just shut up and release theirs! We know who has been copying from who!

    • A thief is a thief and they do not admit it. Yesterday on ZNBC news they reported that Cornelius Mweetwa did not deny or admit that the document was stolen. thieves never admit anything even if you catch them red handed.

    • Reading seniormostman (sic)’s posting, I now agree with Nawakwi that education standards in Zambia have collapsed. I also agree with those who have promised free education especially in analytical thinking and sensible communication skills.

  11. Dr. Katema should just shut up! If PF had the Constitutional Road Map, why did they release it all this time? Remember people have been asking for it since last year. If they have one they should release it. UPND have released theirs. PF KUYA BEBELE!

  12. HH has always been impersonating as an educated person from UNZA when he is just a copy and paste politician. Shame on him

  13. VIVA HH and the constitution road map…

    Edgar has no road map as he wanted the constitution enacted through Parliament when us the people want it enacted through the REFERENDUM.

    How come now he is claiming for the one to be enacted through the route he did not mention…..ALungu wenye musiye kaa…marabishi eti

    PF tame your ka president to avoid ME OLOSO SYNDROME…..

    6 Days to go….HH State House

  14. HH is too smart for these people. Katema you guys are so up to date with what HH is doing, even Lungu is following HH on twitter, don’t you know you somehow helping HH so now everyone is rushing to click on HH’s page, so now all the attention is going to HH and he is not afraid to post even more to make you more mad.

    • So it is true that these people steal cows and its dung? now their pants are down, and they are embarrassed. Wait for the most embarrassing moment of the century after 20th.

    • Have you looked at the plan? I guess not. Even YALI have said most of the points are in what they presented last year, The grand coalition has been saying some of the same things. Please mwe bantu you should be following the news then you will know exactly what is going on. There is nothing special about this document and if the government can call this a secret what major things are they keeping from us?

  15. Bamubwe MWe!!! When the Zambian people were asking you PF about the road map why were you giving us a deaf ear about the same but today you claim its yours?? So you never stop lying to Zambians?? Nikhani iyo!!

    • No one will be arrested… The police already have their hands full. Remember there have been calls for investigation each time a GRZ document was leaked. For example, there was Chikwnda’s budget in the Post, what has come of the investigation? Now we have this roadmap thing, the ECZ trucks issue! Simply put, Katema’s call for investigation will come to zilch!

    • Start with Vodka Chakolwa Lungu who stole clients’ money, stole the PFoolish General Conference and leaked Cabinet documents to Newtown Nguni, and frog marched Guy Scott at soldiers’ barely to support him. ChiLungu Chagwa bad!

  16. You never told Zambians that you had a roadmap..sometimes I wonder pf seem to have no govt where collective decisions are made,because how can the issue of releasing a draft constitution be Edgar Lungu’s personal matter and not a collective cabinet decision.

  17. LOL ….. sounds like PF have reinvented themselves. So now instead of saying ‘Me too’ they are now doing a copy-and-paste silently first, and then accuse the originator of stealing their idea?. Amazing.

    Seriously, not long ago Lungu by his our admission said he had no vision. So suddenly today this same Lungu has had a vision all along and has been working on a road map worthy of leaking??

    Additionally, it would be going against nature to have a leak flow from a place of less potential to a place of more potential. That is why a river does not flow up a hill.

    So, on balance of probabilities, this story sounds like the beginning of a very funny joke. Lets wait and see..

  18. Two months after his appointment as minister of justice,Edgar Lungu released the draft constitution,,this sounds like a personal achievement on the part of Edgar Lungu and not a cabinet decision. Is this the way cabinet shud operate?

  19. There is a serious lack of integrity in some senior members of the UPND if they can justify this unprofessional conduct.A wrong is wrong. This is a clear indication of desperation and lack of knowledge how government works. If they were given a chance to govern how will the run govt?will they tolerate it? i do not think so. Hence the more likely reason why Edgar Lungu is going to win next week because there is a big difference of how a country is run compared to company.

  20. DR. KATEMA, THIS IS NONSENSICAL. PROOVE TO US THAT THE ROADMAP IS YOURS AND THAT IT WAS STOLEN FROM YOU AND HOW IT WAS STOLEN. WHY DO YOU TAKE ZAMBIANS FOR FOOLS TO WHOM YOU MUST ALWAYS LIE? THE SAD THING ON THE PEOPLE’S SIDE IS THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO BELIEVE THE PF LIES AND CHAMPION THEM AS TRUTH. EVEN WHEN PRESIDENT SATA WAS VISIBLY SICK, THEY KEPT ON LYING TO THE NATION AND THE WORLD THAT HE WAS WELL AND FIT. EVEN HIS WIFE WHO IS A MEDICAL DOCTOR JOINED THE QUEU OF LIARS TO SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS WELL AND WORKING. I THINK THIS COUNTRY IS CURSED TO HAVE LIARS FOR LEADERS.

  21. The best UPND should have done on the subject matter is to allow the top leadership obscond and allow the lower ranks convert this into a political discourse.
    Sata was right, this are under five politicans masquerading as pros.
    Honestly, how could the allow themselves to be played like this. Banene. ..Basankwa…na Anderson in his grave is turning. He was alot smarter than this as testimony in his constitution of his management team which compromised people like Ituna, Saki, Shi nono, Patrick Chisanga etc this were tried and tested exceptional individuals as oppose this pretenders.

  22. There is no document worth leaking. A half page document sure! PF do not take Zambians for a ride. Anyway is that a roadmap for an animal driven constitution?

  23. Surprise, surprise, it was only recently when the coming in President as he calls himself LUNGU said that PF is not yet to enact the constitution in waiting, ansd the best they could do between 20th January and end 2016 is to look at some burning clauses in the constitution and change those through parliamet. The rest of things shall be done later after 2016. How does PF now claim ownership of the UPND released

  24. Stealing any document should not be tolerated. Its a serious crime which even upnd should not praise about. when one day rule,are they going to accept those fooling acts? Some people are not fit to be in Government. Screan every one.

    • If you believe katema story, then sata is still on working holiday wooing investors and new national airline has just purchased 6 A380 and the pigs can fly and cost of food its lower than in 2011 and kambwili has phd in public relations and lingamboni has been avorded price for promoting human rights and chikwanda will receive next nobel price for economy.

      By the way, if katema bed timei story its true, why convicted E(mbezzler) Lungu did not sign pledge to enact constitution like all other candidates?

  25. If you read carefully katema is saying his party has majority of mps in Parliament than any other oposition, so its only pf that can pass the constitution, having said that he means if upnd wins kiss goodbye to constitution because pf mps will not work with upnd to do the right think. This is so sad for the people we wee sent to lsk to work for us. They can only do it only if they are in government. We also remember its hard to trust then especially on the constitution topic coz they had their 90 day plan, than failed then 3 years. Did upnd as a party break in and steal the intended ideas and if so who was leading the team of those thieves. From what we have observed this government has been so loose that infor is not kept tight, too much njala

  26. Lungu is careless (Good),Lungu has no vision (Good),Lungu is useless (Good),Lungu does not think (Good),Lungu is just a puppet (Good),Lungu is not going anywhere (Good).Well well well,this very dull man is your incoming president.I am in southern province right now and disappointed with some UPND leaders de-campaigning HH.They say he is only concentrating on the new people who’ve never been there in UPND but have just shown their big noses from nowhere coz they need jobs.Well the careless visionless useless puppet is going somewhere very far.Watch this space,Jehova is in control

  27. An idea is not a preserve of one person or entity. The fact that you’re thinking it just know that someone somewhere is doing the same. The claims by Katema do not hold water. It’s a question of who acted first to claim the honors . Congratulations UPND!

  28. Is the minister saying if the opposition wins the elections next week and they bring a policy or constitution to parliament that will benefit Zambians and Zambians want it, the PF MPs will refuse to pass the policy or constitution ?If they refuse then who are PF MPs representing in parliament the Zambian PEOPLE or THEMSELVES?

    • Just forgive Katema, the man is mortuary material.
      They never cease to amuse me. They categorically stated that the constitution was not of priority but road construction. Where is fatherless Bwalya to give benediction at the funeral of Katema? This man like Lungu is a devil’s representative on earth.

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