AKA RAISES CONCERNS OVER CONSTITUENCY DELIMITATION PROCESS
Veteran politician and senior citizen Prince Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika has raised concerns regarding the ongoing constituency delimitation process and the planned increase in parliamentary seats from 156 to 226 ahead of the August 13, 2026 general elections.
In a letter addressed to the Electoral Commission of Zambia -ECZ Chairperson, the Prince questions the transparency, timelines and criteria being applied in the exercise, which follows constitutional amendments expanding the number of constituencies.
In his letter, the prince has copied in Members of the Constitutional Court, the Minister of Justice, the Secretary to the Cabinet and the Chairperson of the Law Association of Zambia.
He notes that the delimitation process is taking place less than a year before the 2026 elections, raising what he describes as serious governance and democratic accountability issues.
Prince Akashambatwa states that his concerns are informed by his multidisciplinary academic background in history, political science, public administration, international affairs, Africana studies, development administration and economic development.
He further cites his extensive experience in senior roles across government, parastatal, private sector and traditional leadership structures, including service on a comprehensive electoral review commission.
Among the key issues raised are limited transparency in the delimitation process, compressed timelines for consultation and implementation, questions surrounding population equality and fair representation and concerns about potential partisan gerrymandering.
He has proposed several corrective measures for consideration by the Commission including publication of the 2019 Delimitation Report, disclosure of the demographic formula used to delimitate and extension of the consultation period.
He has also recommended the re-opening and extension of the voter registration exercise, publication of draft constituency maps and clear and objective criteria for allocating new constituencies to districts.
You dont miss his submissions and contributions.
Since the early 1990s, he has always done the same.
But he has been offered so much opportunity and he
delivered next to zero. He now a boring prince, fired by
the Lealui palace and is now useless that side. We are also
getting bored and feel he is now irrelevant to the Zambia equation.
Together with the kapwepwe women, prince smells of the brutes
spoilt with a serious sense of self entitlement to anything top
brass and top soup in the Zambia kitchen, Prince , please move aside together with baja ma kapwepwe girls. Tatinkiwa namwe pilizi.
Just like the illegitimate and unconstitutional process on Bill 7, the country is now faced with another opaque exercise, Delimitation.
The Delimitation Report still Remains Secret, and can’t be seen by Citizens.
The Criteria being used for the Distribution of Constituencies still Top Secret.
Then we have a public n@isance exercise going on in the country masquerading as Public Consultation for four days… with unknown terms of reference..
And look at the Time Line for the mammoth exercise, involving 70 Constituencies being done in One Month, and in an Election Season!
Thank you Prince Akashambatwa Lewanika for raising your voice on the Scam the country is being Subjected to.
Nothing good can come out of such a Process. The Constitutional Court and other Institutions should be made aware of what Zambia is dealing with.
Another useless educated man ! Isn’t there anything more serious and sensible this man can do ? Why do some people like to think they are more intelligent than the majority ? Is it effort to be found relevant ? In the past I thought AKA was an asset but I have now realized he is a liability.
This is a man who has aged very bad, you would think wisdom come with age, but this one no, it’s the opposite, hate is getting to him