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Sata Nominates More MPs Than He Is Allowed
Republican President Michael Chilufya Sata has nominated more MPs than he is allowed by the constitution, Tumfweko understands.
The current Zambian constitution allows the president to nominate at most 8 MPs at any given time but Sata has appointed 10.
The relevant part of the constitution says ‘the President may, at any time after a general election to the National Assembly and before the National Assembly is next dissolved, appoint such number of persons as he considers necessary to enhance the representation in the National Assembly as regards special interests or skills, to be nominated members of the National Assembly, so, however, that there are not more than eight such members at any onetime.’
But Sata has appointed Bob Sichinga, Ngosa Siambukula, John Phiri, Panji Kaunda, Samuel Mukupa, Sebastian Zulu, Willie Nsanda, Alexander Chikwanda, Solomon Mbuzi and Joseph Kasonde.
All the nominated MPs have been appointed as either ministers or deputy ministers.
Info trooping tumfweko is that the President is contemplating on dropping one of the ministers just appointed.
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on September 29, 2011. Filed under LATEST NEWS, NEWS, POLITICS.
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that willl be one
September 29, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Dropping one means still one extra.
10-1=9
We need 10-2=8
Drop Two of them and wait for bye elections.
that willl be one
September 29, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Our new president is action oriented and I am sure he means well and will do much better than MMD under RB. But he shall have good advisers and the ones that are comfortable in life and “call a spade a spade”. They shall have independent mind and as strong as Mr. Sata is.
Dimpa Patel
September 29, 2011 at 7:01 pm
wow ! may be he forgot. or may be there is a provision.but am happy with Forrie Tembo.Get that job amalume !
Kaka Kwandi
September 29, 2011 at 7:04 pm
The president must drop Alexander Chikwanda and Bob Sichinga. In their place elevate two deputy Ministers. He should fire his principal private secretary, Mr. Chalabesa for misguiding him.
Hisman
September 29, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Woooow!! There goes the cobra! Missed a bite and now is just spitting. How could he make such a mistake. These are indicators for the Zambian people. We are heading somewhere – just buckle up! It will be rough.
Hisman
September 29, 2011 at 7:22 pm
Am sure the heart was not in good shape. And where was the PPS when this mistake was being made?
Don Corleone
September 29, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Mwanya! The law states 10 not 8! Mwaikata panshi ba pushi!
Mo taim
September 29, 2011 at 7:39 pm
Hmm…awe kanshi kuli akantu mwe.Where are his advisors bane ?
Latest
September 29, 2011 at 7:57 pm
The law was amended to increase by 2
JIgga
September 29, 2011 at 8:06 pm
Hmmm,i thought the President was entitled to nominate 10 members of parliament,when did that law change?
Anti Failures
September 29, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Ama failures tabomfwa bwino abamano nga balecita ifyamano,bamona kwati ma failures ngabena. Just take it eazy. When did you last read the constitution!?
A.L
September 29, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Please ,read the constitution b4 making any silly comment just to misread the public
chembe gwebe
September 29, 2011 at 8:32 pm
kuno ndiku malawi. Wakwindi mutekanye. Things change every day. We are living in a changed society. Give the president chance, becoz what he can see u can not see.
Dochi Kubeba dance ya basungu
September 29, 2011 at 8:33 pm
Imwe, what is wrong you have gotten your simple civics. What does it say on nominated members of Parliament? They must be 10 unless you changed the law
Free meson
September 29, 2011 at 8:44 pm
U are here criticising wat u dont even know u failed civics now wat do u know about the number of appointed mps why cant u just give sata time to start improving yo silly life,just swallow the fact that the man is now holding the highest office
Paul Wise
September 29, 2011 at 8:54 pm
We pray that God will grant our President Sata wisdom in the appointment of key people to work with him as a team for a better Zambia. We should not wish him to fail but we should pray him for instead. Because whatever decision he is going to make will have consequences on us as a nation. We must not say every mistake is a foolish one. One wise man once said, Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.
We’re all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. Burns also said, Assert your right to make a few mistakes. If people can’t accept your imperfections, that’s their fault.
Let us really pray for him.
PETER DAKA BAMUNYANKULA
September 29, 2011 at 9:00 pm
Plesa ba PF, buy the President a CALCULATOR
Abaakaabaa!
September 29, 2011 at 9:05 pm
People lekeni abakaambaa ba bombe and I am very happy scot is vice president!
Alex
September 29, 2011 at 9:05 pm
Civics says you can Nominate 8-10 Mps !
lucas lungu
September 29, 2011 at 9:15 pm
when you last read it yoself
lucas lungu
September 29, 2011 at 9:17 pm
when
Taliban
September 29, 2011 at 9:21 pm
already shows how inefficient and dull the whole team will perform..
akadajah
September 29, 2011 at 9:27 pm
king cobra performing his first state comedy
akadajah
September 29, 2011 at 9:28 pm
king cobra performing his first state comedy. wait for more comedy.
riax
September 29, 2011 at 9:34 pm
Nomba ninshi?
Mpomboooo
September 29, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Gbm and nsanda
Angryy
September 29, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Movement for Massive Destruction(MMD) its time you accepted defeat bangwele and mind you, you are now long gone like your ‘Shaka’ William Banda. You are the same guys who will be dancing your asses off once the government starts gaining some momentum and our standards of living start taking shape as well.Shut the f$$$$k up once and for all. you failed us during your time.
Wantanshi
September 29, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Well at last things are happening. At top speed. This is not your ordinary, laid back, run of the mill and pedestrian president. He hasn’t changed a little bit from his governor days. The opposition must very very strong to keep him in check, but I doubt it with the MMD about to be extinct or jailed and the UNDP so childish and immature, they won’t be able to contain and keep the cobra in his place. They will rather prefer to moan and whine about Bemba hegemony and other nonsense. Please, the man means business. He really wants to take Zambia forward, help him by at least being respectful and less emotional in your writings, you are journalists after all, not cadres. The man you call kaponya, has won the presidence hands down, beating so-called educated incumbents who have failed to deliver in 50 years of governance. What kanshi do you want? He has promised to do something to lift Zambia from its ****** status as a poor country to something you will at least be proud of. So he is the man of the moment, please let him get cracking and do his job.
steve
September 29, 2011 at 10:34 pm
Bawishi it has nuthin to do with MMD. Ba Sata made a mistake. it will obviuosly be corrected.
Thy Kingdom come
September 29, 2011 at 10:36 pm
This man seem to forget easily. This man suspended his MPs ‘rebels’ for supporting MMD. wat has changed this time? He is poaching MPs from MMD weakening the opposition. Viva UPND the only principled party.
Thy Kingdom come
September 29, 2011 at 10:45 pm
Please enough of this renaming. Spare us. Why cant you start your own new projects and give them those names? It seem you ve a long list of names
HE IS ALLOWED TO NOMINATE NOT MORE THAN 10
September 29, 2011 at 10:54 pm
BE ENLIGHTENED PLEASE!
THE CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA (AMENDMENT) BILL 2010 PART V SECTION 1 (C) SAYS HE CAN NOMINATE NOT MORE THAN 10 MPS. LOOK IT UP AND MAKE INTELLIGENT COMMENTS.
HE IS ALLOWED TO NOMINATE NOT MORE THAN 10
September 29, 2011 at 11:02 pm
BE ENLIGHTENED PLEASE!
THE CONSTITUTION OF ZAMBIA (AMENDMENT) BILL 2010 PART V SECTION 1 (C) SAYS HE CAN NOMINATE NOT MORE THAN 10 MPS. LOOK IT UP AND MAKE INTELLIGENT COMMENTS.
HERE IS THE LINK:
http://www.zambian-economist.com/2011/01/constitution-of-zambia-amendment-bill_14.html
Mukantedwa
September 29, 2011 at 11:26 pm
It depends which constitution he uses. The Mwanakatwe constitution said 10 while the Chiluba 1996 version said 8-10.
There is no breach here you just need to read between the lines.
lepete
September 29, 2011 at 11:42 pm
68. (1) The President may, at any time after a general election
to the National Assembly and before the National Assembly is
next dissolved, appoint not more than ten persons as nominated
members of the National Assembly to enhance the representation
in the National Assembly as regards special interests or skills.
riax
September 30, 2011 at 12:37 am
@ thy kingdom come, i just renamed my neighbors dog. he now goes by your real name. yes that same one, yours. nomba ninshi
Gerald
September 30, 2011 at 2:03 am
Its 1o not 8.if u are talking about the the revised constitution then u are mistaken coz it was not finalized it was supporse to be finalized after rb has own but the batch thieves did not see it.
Tonga bull
September 30, 2011 at 7:06 am
Bane ba mwadya mweka dad(mmd) spare us yo filthy thinking,the number of mps to be nominated to the parley is 10.U must be very dull.Dont cry over spilled milk.U had yo time,its now our time to rule.Read yo civics again or the constitution.Mwanya ba swine.Very soon the law wil visit u on yo door steps.U can run but u cannot hide.
BOSA
September 30, 2011 at 8:21 am
Ba Pushi, you must be careful with your silly comments, Sata is the only capable leader who knows the laws of Zambia. stop barking there is no breach of laws in appointing 10 people.
Tangawizi
September 30, 2011 at 8:21 am
Tonga Bull liv thoz idiots alone coz nacipakalipafye pantu ba Donchi Kubeba baleteka nomba we shal tel them wat stuf we are med of bamafi.
Donchi
September 30, 2011 at 8:43 am
10 nominated members of parliament was a proposed in the revised NCC constitution. The current constitution still provides for 8.
Kay Hummer
September 30, 2011 at 8:47 am
Bafikala, ba MMD supporters mwa amba ubushilu! you loosers, whether 8 or 10, there is nothing wrong, he hasnt stollen anything! look he has reduced the number of cabnet positions to reduce costs on salaries, whatever the intention, its in the best interest of the pipo, i ve not read the constition recently but it doesnt matter!
Tonga Bull
September 30, 2011 at 9:03 am
Imwe fi mmd suppoters,cant u see that we are better off than yoselves?Now let me tel & listen gud.Sooner than later all thoz fools that were appointed by bwezani replacing thoz that Mwanawasa left wil oso face the boot.All thiz useless dcs are going to reduce costs so that u can have mo money in the pockets.See now!Woooooooooooooooh!Mwanya.
IN 90 DAYS
September 30, 2011 at 9:08 am
AT LEAST PF HAS A CABINET WITHIN 6 DAYS THAN MMD 12 DAYS
sikuba sitoto
September 30, 2011 at 9:15 am
Do not support a wrong no matteer how much you like the man. The President needs serious advisors, that is how RB lost it.
castro wiseman
September 30, 2011 at 9:37 am
its like all of you don’t something to say.
how are we going to differentiate fools and wise people?
its too early to start finger point,,if you re from mmd/upnd just accept that you have lost and if are from fp keep quite while the man himself MC SATA is doing what he thinks right period.
kadoda
September 30, 2011 at 9:42 am
NAIMWEBENE BA TUMFWEKO YOU SHOULD RESEARCH BEFORE PUBLISHING FALSE STORIES>
NO OF NOMINEES BY THE PRESIDENT IS 10(TEN) MAX.
CHILUBA NOMINAED 10
LEVY NOMITATED 10
AM NOT SURE ABOUT RB.
GET A LIFE!!
SON OF THE SOIL
September 30, 2011 at 9:45 am
Accep the mistake. Period
kabebya
September 30, 2011 at 10:07 am
10 or 8 who cares.why hasn’t anyone brought it out to light for all to see.go to znbc,post,daily mail,times,mobi or muvi and tell the president that he made a mistake.am sure someone will close to him will realise it and tell him.otherwise let’s wait and see how he performs in his first 90 days then pepole can start judging and complaining or do whatever they feel like doing.any job has got a probationary period.so the President is on probation!
POLITICAL PROSTITUTE
September 30, 2011 at 10:15 am
LEKENI SATA ATEKE, NISHANI AMAJELASI BANGWELE