Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has said that the vote on the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 cannot be reversed. Dr. Matibini said that the vote relates to Members of Parliament for Chifubu Frank Ng’ambi, Mwansabombwe’s Kabaso Kampampi and Elalio Musonda for Kamfinsa.
Dr. Matibini was speaking when he made a ruling in Parliament today in response to a point of order raised by Mr. Ng’ambi. Mr. Ng’ambi contended that his vote, Mr. Kampampi’s and Mr. Musonda’s were not captured in support of bill 10.
Dr. Matibini explained that the Chifubu MP pressed the key button to show that he was present but failed to vote.
Dr. Matibini stated that if Mr. Ng’ambi had a challenge with technology, he should have consulted an Information Technology expert to help him as they are readily available.
Dr. Matibini has since urged parliamentarians to acquaint themselves with technology to avoid such happenings in the future.
Mr Ng’ambi is one of the 3 MPs that Patriotic Front Secretary General Hon Davies Mwila had written to exculpate themselves for the absent voting of Constitution Amendment Bill No.10 of 2020.
“It has come to my attention that during the voting for the Constitution Amendment Bill No.10 of 2020, on Thursday 29th October 2020, you decided to absent yourself from voting for the Bill”, Hon Mwila’s letter to all the three MPs read in part.
“Hon Member, you are aware that His Excellency, the President had directed that all our Members of Parliament vote for the Constitution Amendment Bill No.10 of 2020 as it had progressive clauses that would have seen us uplift the lives of the underprivileged in society”, Hon Mwila further wrote.
Hon Mwila has stated that the action exhibited by the Honorable MPs was not in line with the Party’s interest and in breach of *Article 74, regulation 29 (d) and (i) of the Party Constitution.*
The Members of Parliament have since been issued with exculpatory letters to explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against each one of them.
Meanwhile, some Lusaka-based youth organisations have said that the failure by the UPND members of Parliament to vote for the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 is an indication that they do not have confidence in the youths.
Speaking after a solidarity walk in Lusaka, Common Grounds Network Representative David Mvula said the act has denied youths, women and the disabled a chance to have representation in parliament.
And another youth, Serah Kasongo said youths will not condone such selfish acts from MPs.
And Patriotic Front (PF) Lusaka Province Youth Chairperson Daniel Kalembe said the party will support the youths in their endeavors to get representation in Parliament.
Meanwhile, PF Lusaka Province Vice Youth Chairperson Kelvin Kaunda has challenged the MPs to explain why they did not see the need to give youths a platform to represent themselves in parliament.
And, The Network for Young People Against Violence says the failure by the UPND to support Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 demonstrates that the opposition party does not mean well for Zambia.
Executive Director Moses Kalonde says it is disappointing that the UPND pulled down a progress Bill that Government intended to support the marginalised such as women and the physically challenged.
Mr. Kalonde told ZNBC news in an interview that the party in 2016 was in the forefront of de-campaigning the Referendum that was to help enhance the living standards of people especially in rural areas.
If this was an intentional act of sabotage by the three MPs; well, welcome to the right side of history and the third liberation struggle for Zambia. Future generations will thank you.
On the other hand, if the honorable MPs don’t know which button to push to vote as suggested by the speaker; it is just as well that the bill failed. How can we trust that they understood what they would have voted for if they don’t even know how to vote in parliament. T
That’s how the big headed fools in state house come crumbling down. Lungu has reached a level were he thinks he can do anything with no consequence. So bill 10 is number 1 example of the cracks. Next, we will see how you will attempt to rig next years elections because places like the copperbelt people, are hungry, no jobs, no business, they were deliberately gassed etc, are just fed up with pf. Copperbelt is gone. Its not pf toi.let anymore.
Great to come back home to hugs and kisses from the wlfe after a long challenging day. Oh lord what a blessing it is to be loved and to be married to your soulmate. Lesa mukali. No woman can come between me and my regina.
Tayali stay strong for your madam who is in the middle of a war there in Ethiopia. A real man would have flown there and be prepared to take a bullet for his woman. Chimbuya things. I am sure even miles can do better to protect his fiance, nchimmy
As for bill10 that is history. We have accepted we didn’t get the required numbers largely due to ignorance and political motives of the opposition. However, we have moved on. Development does not stop just because a bill has afailed. And no party wins an election just because a bill has failed. Ba upnd are just clowns.
There’s a narrative that parliament’s computer system was hacked being peddled around. Why the hackers targeted only Ng’ambi, Kampampi and Musonda and not Kasonso, Lungwangwa and Mukumbuta the peddlers of this narrative are not saying.
Go well!
Ze Sepeaker urged parliamentarians to acquaint themselves with technology to avoid such happenings in the future.
Ze Sepeaker urged parliamentarians to acquaint themselves with technology to avoid such happenings in the future.
“Hon Member, you are aware that His Excellency, the President had DIRECTED that all our Members of Parliament vote for the Constitution Amendment Bill No.10 of 2020 as it had progressive clauses that would have seen us uplift the lives of the underprivileged in society”, Hon Mwila further wrote. Hon Mwila has stated that the action exhibited by the Honorable MPs was NOT in line with the Party’s INTEREST and in breach of *Article 74, regulation 29 (d) and (i) of the Party Constitution.* There you have it, MPs vote as directed by the President and in the interest of their party and NOT in the interest of the constituents who send them to parliament…
“Common Grounds Network Representative David Mvula said the act has denied youths, women and the disabled a chance to have representation in parliament.” My question is “Did KK need backing of any written law when he appointed women and the disabled to key positions in governance and running of quasi government institutions?” and I know David Mvula may not have been born or could have been a toddler when these appointments were being made to appreciate that inclusiveness and equal opportunities were availed in the UNIP government and exclusive targeting for women, youth and. the disabled was never an issue! Intelligence gets eroded with micro segregating!
According to the Kalabo inquirer , the the rebel MPs were each paid 1 million Kwacha by UPND to vote against Bill 10.
PF is still holding Funeral processions for the late Bill 10? You keep on telling us about the Youths and the disabled women, why are you not talking about the other deadly contentious clauses like removing Parliament Approval process before debt contractions, removing BOZ oversight on Monetary Policy so that PF can print Kwacha without due regard to rules of Economics?
PF can’t be trusted! They have Failed to put more money in our pockets. Bill 10 was nothing but a Donchi Kubeba on Zambians! PF, please see Alangizi for counseling over your loss before you go mad! Respect the Constitution! You can’t be nibbling on the Constitution like Rats just to suit your selfishness and Greed!
The result of the voting of the Bill 10 were shocked many. The PF were shocked because they didn’t imagine that they could lose any motion in Parliament especially after spending so much money canvassing support for their motion. The PF has managed to easily pass bills some of which are absurd, and they have managed to block reasonable bills from their colleagues. So this defeat has hit them hard. The UPND were equally shocked that for the first time they’ve managed to defeat a bill in Parliament. That’s the reason they celebrated like they’d just won a general election. The lesson here is that don’t take things and people for granted. Let’s now move on
Serves you right for thinking a daft representative can make intelligent decisions.
weather it was due to technological glitches and a lack of proper acquaintance to the fast moving technology, the trio will still be counted on the right side of history. CASE CLOSED.
can the said serah,david and kelvin elucidate on the number of youths, women and disabled bill 10 suggested will be representing in terms of figures, let not just say mixed member representation, but gives us numbers.
Who said without bill 10 no youth can go to Parliament. Tell me when kampyongo, miles, went to parliament. What about kangombe the kitwe mayor, mpundu, former kitwe dc. Kaunda himself is acting dull even when he is one youngest councillors now aspiring mp for matero. Did they need bill 10. Did inonge need bill 10 to be veep. Dont tell lies. Wawafye
Paula White is calling for angels from Africa to help the beleaguered Donald Trump. Abangeli baku Africa bakali! They can confuse an MP to vote for what he did not intend. kikikikikikiki
So this chi Bill 10 was about what ECL wanted and not what it contained and conviction? Too good that the chi Bill failed!