Rainbow Party leader, Wynter Kabimba says the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 is a progressive document that proposes to address contentious issues in the current Constitution.
Mr Kabimba says one of the issues it proposes to amend is the period in which the courts can hear a presidential petition.
He told Hot FM today that Bill Ten proposes that the period be extended from the current 14 to 30 days.
Mr Kabimba has also opposed the proposed upward adjustment of election nomination fees by the Electoral Commission of Zambia , ECZ.
He said the ECZ will be disenfranchising citizens and endangering Zambia’s democracy.
A Learned lawyer has spoken, its now up to the court of public judges the tarino’s . Well said ba kabimba but shed more light.
A very objective view which gives a breath of fresh air. It is good to see learned counsel putting country before party and self interest. Thank you ba kabimba. We more than ever need your input. Hh can learn a lot from this. Instead of always arguing and criticising for once hh should put his long tail in between his legs and be mature and objective in his outlook. Kz
I think the constitution must not be treated like a restaurant recipe whereby one decides on which dish to pick depending on what one feels like eating. A constitution must be treated like a foundation for a tall building; it must be solid and stand for a time. You can’t say that corner of the foundation must be strong while the other weak and expect the building to stand. Plus a foundation is not renovated when buildings are renovated but the inside walls can change, so should be our constitution. Some things are so fundamental that they must always stay in the constitution. I am afraid the way we are treating the constitution is really childish for lack of a better word to describe this.
SC Winter Kabimba is a perfect match of EECL successor after 2021 final term.
I totally agree. In this particular case we have herd voices speaking against bill no. 10 of 2019 and these have advanced genuine reasons why this bill should not pass through parliament. At the same time we have those who strongly feel that this bill is okey and progressive for the Country. In a situation of this nature the normal thing to say like in sports is we have reached a tie. Now help me an ordinary Zambian which side should i pick. We have seen even associations which have never existed before being born just to advance this cause. Some stage managed protests have been seen going rounds at parliament building. The only logical thing under the circumstances is to withdraw this bill 10. Otherwise thats why in some cases constitutions demand that a referendum is held so that…
In a document of so many lousy clauses (I have read it, so please listen up,) you can’t just pick up the clause in election dispute duration as evidence that the document is progressive. The clause on delimitation of constituencies, the issue of loans being acquired outside parliament oversight and the overall desire to concentrate power in the hands of a single individual with the full knowledge that power is like alcohol and psychotropic substances is to say the least VERY scary. So withdraw bill 10.
Wynter Kabimba a qualified lawyer who never won a case in any Zambian court cites only one clause of Bill 10 clause.
Time to petition from 14-30 days can’t be said to be good for reasonable petition. The fact that our Judiciary is compromised and even 30 days petition still the petition can fail.
Bill 10 is to give powers to rhe president to change laws the way he wants.
PF must go!
The only logical thing under the circumstances is to debate in Parliament period.
If the bill is indeed progressive why is pf so desperate for it. Wats the benefit for pf. Pf doesn’t do things where they hv no benefit.
Desperate PF, they even form an association of Catholic parliamentarians (sic)! to champion their agenda, shame indeed
That petition period and the part with disabled persons seems to be the only good thing in this bill …..the rest is for the benefit of lungu and PF …
That is why they the PF are so desperate for Bill 10 even after their rats like commander KZ is confident of victory in 2021….
Madilu system can furnish us which cases Mr Kabimba has handled and have not been won because I happen to have worked under him and please desist from exposing your ignorance because your so called good lawyers in UPND failed to provide evidence in the presidential petition unlike the lawyers in Malawi who presented evidence and the election was overturned.Lets not destroy our only mother country just one selfish guy who wants to rule this country by hook or crook.i don’t like what PF are doing but I personally think HH is not the alternative I would vote for Kambwili than HH
Young man, under what capacity were you working with Kabimba? Tell me whivj case Kabimba won in court since you want to prove my ignorance? Your said petition was mishandled PF aligned judges who were dilly darling with PF government officials and later you say there was no evidence.
Just eat while it lasts before we kick you out of power and dig deeper though we shall smoke you like rats out of yiir holes.
PF must go!
Angoni, your insults to people from the other half of the country has been forwarded to me by a WhatsApp group I am on. In fact u can never vote as president people from wht was N-W Rhodesia until 1911. You hv put it in black and white yourself. I hv printed it and it bears your name. It doesn’t surprise me in the least. Northern Rhodesia was founded by the British on the belief that there are first class and second class tribes in this land. Kenneth Kaunda did little to change that. In fact he reinforced it with his local language policy in early education in which he chose to ensure that some languages would face a slow death. He did this by excluding them from the school system even where he found them already in use. And he told some language groups that they had no business learning…
Other languages by taking them to provinces they were not indigenous. Is this the way to build a united nation out of different tribes?
Wynter Kabimba is as dull as they come.
The presidential petition hearing period was/is a problem because the constitution doesn’t specify what 14 days means. Is it 14 calendar days or is it 14 working days or is it business days? The same will go with 30 days. Will those 30 days be calendar days, working days, or business days?
The architects of the constitution should therefore specify what they mean by 30 days, leaving it open to interpretation may still cause more problems if this Bill 10 passes.
Winter is trying to play safe with PF hoping to recalled like LPM was recalled when FTJ’s ill fated 3rd term bid failed. This is a calculated position which devoid of conviction. I don’t like such.
What’s up this summer?
I found a nice piece of chicken from KFC in my dustbin the other day. From now onwards I will eat everything in the dustbin. My dustbin is a progressive piece of crockery.
we believe in representative democracy. let MPs debate in Parliament
PF PF PF…We told you in 2016 to vote PF out but because of tribalism of BEMBAS / EASTERNERS….[Disclaimer…. NOT ALL but most]… We saw people voting on tribal lines…. PERSONALLY HOW I WISH LUNGU COULD RULE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS SO THAT ZAMBIANS CAN LEARN A LESSON. I MEAN HOW CAN YOU COMPARE HH TO LUNGU… NOW NJALA YAMINYOKOLA… SO WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR BECAUSE HH IS THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN DEFEAT PF…….kikikikikiki………. SO CONTINUE VOTING FOR PF
ME I DID NOT VOTE FOR PF………………….. BUT OUT OF MY OWN EFFORTS AND SOME SPECIAL RARE SKILLS I HAVE IN BIG DATA and SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, I AM ABLE TO SURVIVE FROM MY LAPTOP…. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR PF NEVER… BUT MOST OF YOU TRIBALISTS CONTINUE WITH PF AND LUNGU FOR NEXT 20 YEARS…. MUZAMUZIBA YESU…… YOU DESERVE TO SUFFER UNTIL THAT TIME WHEN YOU WILL KNOW HOW TO VOTE…. kikikikikikikiki I LOVE THIS….ALWAYS GOOD TO DEBATE WHEN YOU HAVE A FULL TUMMY LIKE ME
Kabimba was on ZNBC news at 19h00. He articulated many issues than what is reported here. He also argued that name calling by those opposing sides should stop because he as seen many good things in the constitution.
That’s sober thinking Counsel!!
That’s sober thinking Counsel!!
Simple question ,why should Bill number 10 be withdrawn? For those saying it must be withdrawn they are not giving convincing reasons why the Bill should not pull through.Why cant they debate over this piece of Bill? Why are they running away like rats being chased by Zimba or Simba.Bill 10 should not be witrhdrawn.
PF has reduced me to a gunyu masaka, I am hungry n dirty but my mind is untouched, hope to find a job in September nxt year when UPND takes over.