The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) has said that it is utterly appalled and disgusted by the patriarchal sexist remarks that Mr William Banda, a senior member of the ruling party, made against the New Heritage Party President, Ms Chishala Kateka.
In a statement released to the media by Judith Mulenga, the chairperson, CiSCA urge the United Party for National Development (UPND) Party leadership to discipline Mr Banda and all men present at that video-taking incident including the video taker.
CiSCA said that the extreme assertion that Ms Kateka is sexually starved hence her lone demonstration holding a placard lamenting hunger in homes is gender-based violence and harassment on his part and the party he thought he was defending.
Below is the full statement
Lusaka, 23 June 2022: The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) is utterly appalled and disgusted by the patriarchal sexist remarks that Mr. William Banda, a senior member of the ruling party, made against the New Heritage Party President, Ms. Chishala Kateka. The extreme assertion that Ms. Kateka is sexually starved hence her lone demonstration holding a placard lamenting hunger in homes is gender-based violence and harassment on his part and the party he thought he was defending. Mr. Banda is clearly unapologetic misogynist! We note that Mr. Banda has never raised these sentiments against male opposition politicians who have equally been raising their voices against the ruling party. We understand why. The male opposition politicians are potential members of the ruling party and their gender is a valued bargaining chip!
By those misogynistic utterances Mr. Banda has violated several parts of our Constitution that recognizes the equal worth of all human beings. In particular, he has broken every part of Article 8 of our national values especially part (d) that speaks to human dignity, equity, social justice, equality and nondiscrimination. Article 60 on political parties does not state that men are better placed to lead political parties because they do not have a proclivity to sexual starvation and hence shall not demonstrate against the ruling party holding placards with messages of hunger! Throughout the Constitution the neutral word ‘person’ is used to refer to human beings.
President Hakainde Hichilema, during his 11th March 2022 speech to the National Assembly, in fulfilment of Article 9 part 2 of the Constitution which compels the Republican President to, ‘Once a year, report to the National Assembly the progress made in the application if the values and principles,’ the President emphasized his government’s concern on how information and communication technologies are being used to among other things, ‘perpetrate hate speech, cyberbullying, fake news, cybercrime and circulation of obscene materials, among other vices,’ He added, ‘It is important that we use these platforms responsibly for the betterment of our nation.’ CiSCA is therefore perplexed that his senior political advisor can shamelessly utter and release such obscenity on social media.
We urge the UPND Party leadership to discipline Mr. William Banda and all men present at that video taking incidence including the video taker. We further call upon the Vice President, Mrs. W. K. Mutale Nalumango to also ensure that the Gender Equity and Equality Commission as provided for in Article 231 of our Constitution is established soon to bring about tangible transformative change in our nation. Let this be one of her legacies. We understand the challenge she and the other 4 women face against 21 men in Cabinet, but we believe that with proper implementation of the constitutional principles our ‘Big Five’ Women can turn this challenge into an opportunity to bring about progress in the needed gender equity and equality in our beloved nation.
You must be naive to think that the the upnd which is tribal and backwards can discipline their own
Waste of time, Pungwa will just tell you that William Banda is a freedom fighter.
These are the cases that need prosecution to teach male chauvinist pigs a lesson. I never heard such comments as I grew up and dont even understand the logic behind them except to surmise that people like Banda just manufacture them to feed their male ego. CISKa just use your initiative. PROSECUTE
this kama organization is alive kanshi..
In UPND circles Tekere is a senior advisor to the President. I don’t know what value he adds to the UPND. Anyway in political Parties there are all sorts of people and that includes lunatics. Batuke Imenda is too weak to discipline Tekere. I’m just sad that at his age he’s capable of thinking and uttering such absurdities. May be he’s out of his mind
William banda brought down unip with his utterances, then he brought down mmd with the same and now he is likely to bring down upnd if he is not caged.
William Banda has been a cadre in different political parties and is now New Dawn and see no reason why this useless and cantakaras character should be on this plat form..We need a sober society . Cadresm will never end .
Very bad comment indeed. Antuena nibakulu pa NRC chabe! Can someone in Sesheke report this man to the Police so he can be transported.
I THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS IN ZAMBIA BECAUSE EVEN KAISER ZULU INSULTS OR CA,LS WOMEN BAD NAMES IN HIS COMMENTS ABOUT MANY OF THEM. JUST RECENTLY HE REFERRED TO MASEBO AS “MENOPAUSAL MASEBO”. CiSCA SHOULD NOT BE SHY WHEN IT COMES TO KAIZAR.
You are a confused hyena. Fuseke
Wrong to issue such remarks………
BTW ………is she a lesbian ? Honest question.
William Banda has weird and cesspool mind set. He has even passed on these characteristics to his son who has been employed as one of the commissioners at CEC despite not having any qualifications for the job.
This male chauvinist, backward thinking, William Banda, is most likely the one to quickly bring about the downfall of UPND. He’s clearly sexist and believes that women are beneath him. If anything, even UPND women need to be outraged and condemn his sexist abhorrent remarks. Such primitive attitude towards women should not be entertained or tolerated in our country. I urge HH to distance himself from such toxic individuals. I support HH and UPND. But id1ots like this Banda need to be put in check.