WE DON’T NEED BILL 7…ZAMBIANS NEED SOLUTIONS TO COST OF LIVING – KABIMBA
ZAMBIA does not need Bill 7 but solutions to the high cost of living, Economic Front Party (EF) President Winter Kabimba says.
Kabimba said what President Hakainde Hichilema and the United Party for National Development (UPND) needed to do was address the high poverty levels in the country instead of bringing back the illegal Bill 7.
“So Bill 7 should not be a priority for UPND. The priority for UPND, for now, should be the high cost of living,” he said.
Kabimba said the top priority for Hichilema and the UPND was the suffering that Zambians had been subjected to and not Bill 7.
He was speaking when he featured on a live interview on Hot FM Radio yesterday.
Kabimba said priority number one for Hichilema and the UPND was the high cost of living.
He said even if Zambia today had the best Constitution, it would not change the suffering the people were being subjected to.
“Even if you had the best Constitution, assuming that you can give us the best Constitution between now and 2026, that is not what is going to change the fortunes,” Kabimba said.
He said the legal interests of the bill are only going to serve the interest of the UPND as a party.
“What is going to change the fortunes of the UPND is the legal interest of it. If it’s not legal, it’s not right,” Kabimba said.
Kabimba condemned the use of chiefs to push for the return of the bill to Parliament.
He said patronising chiefs on Bill 7 was killing the country.
Traditional leaders were not the only and sole stakeholders on Bill 7.
Kabimba said chiefs were a minority in the country and spoke one language like choir members to all the presidents out of patronage.
“You know, this issue of patronage is what is killing this country. This issue of patronage is the same language. The chiefs were doing the same to the late Edgar Chagwa Lungu and they are using it to Hichilema,” Kabimba said.
He challenged politicians to engage in issue-based campaigns ahead of the 2026 general elections and desist from personal attacks.
“That’s my appeal to everyone, UPND and my colleagues in the opposition. Can’t we go to the Zambian people and say to the Zambian people, what you are going to do if you elect me is this, and if you believe that this is correct, therefore vote for me,” Kabimba said.
He said the Zambia Army and the Zambia Police Service were not there to keep Hichilema in power but to serve the interest of Zambians.
Kabimba said the failure by the police to act in the interest of the public was because of the attitude and the behaviour of the appointing authority and the appointee.
“The problem is the attitude of the appointing authority and the attitude of the appointed. That’s where the problem lies. Not in the act of appointment. The problem is in the attitude. That’s one of the major problems that I have,” he said.
Kabimba said police officers were trained to protect the interest of Zambians first and not political interest.
“The problem is the attitude. You have heard people in the government, both current and in the past, telling police officers ‘if you don’t toe the line, we shall transfer you from Lusaka to Kaputa’. That’s the reason why you failed to develop the new area. So, these are attitudes,” Kabimba said.
The Constitutional Court has declared the foundational process of the Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill No 7 of 2025 as unconstitutional because it had not been subjected to wide consultation of citizens.
This forced government to defer the bill in Parliament and has since been scheming to return it to the House.
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Yes we don’t need bill 7 we want prices of commodities to be reduced, let the government work on the cost of leaving not bringing these bills which will not benefit the majority Zambians but only a click of people from political arena, it’s like the government is trying to divert the attention to sort out the cost of leaving to introducing the bills in order to fix the ordinary citizens, we didn’t vote for that NO.
Suggest ways to lower commodity prices, considering that these prices are shaped by factors like supply and demand, geopolitics, currency shifts, government policies, weather, global economic trends, speculation, logistics costs, and natural disasters. Which of these can governments influence for example to reduce the cost of diesel and petrol?
How about your fellow citizens who live in vast constituencies and need development like you in the city? Do you still need urban migration and increase crime in cities or go the delimitation way to take development in vast rural constituencies which is proposed in Bill 7? Sieve out what you think is bad in bill 7 and support what is good. Blanket codemnation show how short sitedness we can be as Zambians. Edit before publication.
We need bill 7 like yesterday because it has a number of good clauses.
Talk of;
1. Delimitation of constituencies. A big number of constituencies are just too big and needs to be divided for the sake of equitable distribution of resources especially the increased CDF.
2. Inclusion of youths, wemen and less abled brothers and sisters in the governance of our Country by having clauses in our Constitution which will talk dorectly on how to aportion such, in our Country. A legal frame-work tool has to be in place to guide and help us to achieve it
3. The notorious 14 days when there’s a presidential election partition. It has to be clearly stated in the Constitution if the 14 days include week-ends and holidays or not Think of the pending pertion of the 2016 presidential election partition up to now, no judgement has been pronounced because of the same.
4. Hamornising the definition of a child by having our legal instruments harmonized.
Plus many other clauses.
Us the majority we want it not the few associates of Esther Lungu and the likes of Tasila, Sangwa, Nakachinda and kabimba. Iyayiiiii! Aweeeeee. AIKONA MAN. You are all failed projects with no bright future in your teeth. inkalani chabeee. Munakangiwa during your peak time.
Bwana Winter Kabimba and the vuvuzelaz, the mwankolez and PF vulchers who are standing bent on your toes to oppose Bill 7 of 2025.
Here is a summery of what it contains and show me and other well meaning Zambians any wrong here since you just oppose without giving facts and proof.
About Parliament
The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Bill,2025
Parliamentary Period:
Fourth Session of the Thirteenth Assembly
The objects of this Bill is to amend the Constitution of Zambia so as to—
(a) revise the composition of the National Assembly to provide for the increase in the number of constituencybased seats from one hundred and fifty-six to two hundred and eleven to actualise the delimitation report by the Electoral Commission;
(b) revise the electoral system for election to the National Assembly to provide for a mixed-member proportional representation electoral system to guarantee the representation of women, youths and persons with disabilities;
(c) revise the provision relating to filing of fresh nominations on resignation of a candidate; (d) revise the provisions relating to by-elections;
(e) revise the number of nominated Members of Parliament;
(f) harmonise the term of Parliament and council to achieve a five-year term;
(g) provide for a vacancy in the office of Minister and Provincial Minister ninety days before a general election;
(h) remove the two-term limit for office of mayor and council chairperson;
(i) revise the composition of the council to include Members of Parliament holding constituency-based seats;
(j) revise the qualifications for appointment to the office of Secretary to the Cabinet;
(k) provide for the Attorney-General and Solicitor-General to continue in office, after a general election, until new office bearers are appointed;
(l) revise the definition of the words “child” and “adult”;
(m) provide for clarity on the period within which an election petition shall be concluded; and
(n) provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing.
Show me, which clause here above is not progressive
Bill Stage:
Presentation First Reading Deferred
Related Documents:
PDF icon NAB 7.pdf
parliament.gov.zm
How come all those fighting for bill 7 come from one region? What will that region gain? Can anyone from that region explain please?
REJECT TRIBALISM, CORRUPTION AND OPPRESSION.
VOTE FOR CHANGE IN 2026.
That is poor reasoning! You don’t vote for the government just bring the food prices down. That’s a myopic way of thinking. It just confirms that you’re have no leadership qualities and shouldn’t be making noise confusing people. The whole so called lawyer can’t articulate any economic issues. If you only want prices of food to go down encourage citizens to get involved in food production and naturally the food prices will come down in accordance with the laws of supply and demand. Government has a duty to do many things and a few disgruntled paper politicians shouldn’t arm string government to stop conducting it’s mandate. If you want to stop the bill, canvas and urge your MPs to vote the bill down. That is governance. If you don’t have MPs to vote it down hard luck. You can’t govern outside parliament. The government has a mandate to do it’s business. Most of you social media parliamentarians only have a single policy and it doesn’t matter what has been proposed! Your policy is no to everything. Now even the voters know what you stand for. The majority of the people who say have never even been outside Lusaka and the copperbelt to know and understand what the people in rural constituencies experience or want. In a democracy the MPs represent the citizens.
Some individuals from Kopala and Lusaka sometimes express the view that Zambia is primarily about them. However, Zambia has a population of approximately 20 million people and is continuing to grow. More than half of the population is in rural areas. It is important to consider a range of perspectives beyond views of the social media parliamentarians. Additionally, we need serious discussions about the need for Bill 7.
Ooh, there we go again. HaaIndigo Tyrol is blinded by regional politics instead of real issues. That is why some people call for the division of the country into two prep independence error to cure this narrative. Just talk about the merits and demerits of Bill 7 and not about the regions. Even in America, check the regional politics by observing their voting partners every election. What determines the winner are usually swing states, yet they work together without accusing other regions. But here HaaIndigo wants to hide in regional politics even on straight forward issues like Bill 7 which is a good bill. The claim That it is towards elections does not hold water. Look at what happened in 1991, 1996 and 2016. There were constitutional amendments though all these years were election years. Where were you then not to complain until now? Let the amendment go ahead so that the vast constituencies can benefit from the delimitation and associated increase in resource allocation in CDF. That bill is good. The youth and women are the majority in this country and Bill 7 specifically allocates seats for the in parliament apart from the general seats (156 in this case) which everyone is free to compete for. Bring Bill 7 back to parliament.