Press Statement on the Unconstitutional Composition of the Electoral Commission of Zambia
Today, I wish to draw public attention to a matter of grave constitutional importance: the current composition of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ).
The Constitution is the supreme law of our land (Article 1). It requires that every authority, including the President, respect, uphold, and defend it (Article 2). National values and principles such as inclusiveness, equity, and equality (Articles 8 and 9) must guide the way our public institutions are constituted.
Yet, the present composition of the ECZ does not reflect these constitutional requirements. The Commission currently comprises:
(a) Mrs Frances Mwangala Zaloumis, Chairperson (Western Province)
(b) Maj. Gen. Vincent Mbaulu Mukanda (Rtd), Commissioner (Western Province)
(c) Ms Ndiyoi Muliwana Mutiti, Commissioner (Western Province)
(d) Mr McDonald Governor Chipenzi, Commissioner (Southern Province)
This means three Commissioners come from Western Province and one from Southern Province, leaving eight provinces wholly unrepresented. None of the Commissioners is a youth (defined in Article 266 as below 35 years). None is a person with a disability.
This composition violates:
(a) Article 259, which requires appointments to reflect regional diversity, gender balance, and the inclusion of youths and persons with disabilities;
(b) Article 173, which requires inclusivity and equal opportunity in public service;
(c) Article 23, which prohibits discrimination; and
(d) Articles 45 and 46, which guarantee a fair electoral system and every citizen’s right to free and fair elections.
With elections only months away, this exclusion undermines public confidence in the ECZ at a critical moment in our democracy.
Through my advocates, I have written to His Excellency, the President of Zambia, Mr Hakainde Hichilema, requesting that the composition of the ECZ be regularised within fourteen (14) days so that it reflects Zambia’s diversity and complies with the Constitution. Should this not be done, I will seek the intervention of the Constitutional Court.
This is not about politics or personalities. It is about defending the Constitution and protecting the credibility of our elections. Every citizen has a stake in ensuring that our electoral body is representative, inclusive, and constitutional.
Issued by:
Sishuwa Sishuwa
25 September 2025.
The spirit of bill 7 is to facilitate not just regional representation, but more so to allow and protect proportional representation of women and persons with disabilities.
Bill 7 has been demonised without regard to it’s content.
We are truly our own worst enemies.
Expose him Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa.
He is there ridiculing Traditional Leaders, Shouting one Zambia One Nation
and doing the exact opposite of One Zambia, One Nation.
There it is at Electoral Commission of Zambia…2 Tribes only, and from Western and Southern Province . And it is not just at ECZ. Is this One Zambia, One Nation?
If you criticize this, it is Tribal Hate Speech.
That’s the way of Hopeless Hypocrites.
They see a SPECK of Tribalism in others..and even Imprison the SPECK.
Meanwhile they carry LOGS of Tribalism , ride on LOGS of Tribalism, and methodically live with the LOGS of Tribalism..
and now they are scared others will play their game in 2026.
Leave our Traditional Leaders out of misplaced Tribal Paranoia.
They are very wise , and know where we are coming from, where we are, and where we are going.
Just leave Zambia and go wherever you want. Nobody is to miss ba Dr.
HH temunobe, he is busy trying to find solutions to better the country and now this clown dr Sishuwa wants a legal fight with the President. I’m sure he got paid handsomely by the late ECL and family.
Bo Dr. Sishuwa Sishuwa, you are biting more than you can chew. Just concentrate on preparing history lecture notes for your students and mark their assignments. In the meantime also learn a bit of Afrikaans as you are an employee at racist university. Leave politics, it is not your calling.
BID, that letter should be read by the guards and shredded at the gates…