50 Questions Zambians Should be asking

 

This is a very delicate time for this country. Not surprisingly, a lot has been said but even more surprisingly there is a lot more that has not been said. Many Zambians have questions about the recent events and many questions since the Patriotic Front government came to power. Here are my fifty questions that I ask as a Zambian. They are not in any order of importance. I simply typed them as they came to mind. Feel free to add any questions that come to your mind.

1. When will the new constitution be effected?
2. Will this constitution give fewer powers to the president?
3. Is the current draft constitution complete and thorough?
4. How exactly did the president die of?
5. Was the president shot? Was it an accident? Was it heart attack?
6. Did he collapse in New York?
7. What did he go to do in New York with an entourage of 40 people?
8. Did Mulenga Sata and Christine Kaseba know that the president was sick—if he was?
9. Are new eligible voters going to vote in this election? If not why?
10. With the continuous elections that we have shouldn’t we also be having continuous voter registration?
11. Is a new house still going to be constructed for the deceased president?
12. Why as a country, did we allow the president to continue as a president if we thought he was not doing his work?
13. Why did the cabinet and judiciary fail to constitute a medical board?
14. Why do we still have a chief justice who is acting and does not qualify for the job?
15. How much money was spent on Judge Chikopa? What was the outcome?
16. Why would the president appoint a DPP and parliament approve him if he still has cases in courts of law?
17. Why do we have a vice president who does not qualify to be president?
18. How much money did the PF government borrow?
19. What is the interest rate and terms on that money?
20. How long will it take to pay that money back and what’s the current repayment plan?
21. Can all that money be accounted for?
22. How much money did each PF leader/Sata family have before they came in power?
23. How much money do they have now?
24. How did they acquire that money?
25. What measures do we need to put in place to avoid abuse?
26. How do we deal with deaths of elected leaders in the future?
27. What measures can we put in place to ensure smooth transition?
28. Does government need to do something with the public media houses?
29. Should they be privatised to make them neutral and profitable?
30. Why do we still have the public order act 50 years after independence?
31. What constitutes treason in Zambia?
32. What constitutes “causing alarm” exactly?
33. Should we consider the speaker to be the second in Presidential Succession?
34. How about the third, fourth, fifth, etc in succession? Do we know them?
35. Who should take the position of the vice president if the veep becomes president?
36. Is it time to make provinces independent so they can manage their own resources?
37. Would a federal govt. system be more efficient in service delivery?
38. Is it time to do away with chiefs?
39. What exactly is their value other than abusing their subjects and looking for the interests of politicians?
40. Are Zambian mines adding any value to our country?
41. Should we suspend mining activities for now and explore other ways of income generation?
42. Why do we call our self a Christian Nation?
43. Should we consider banning this thing about cadres?
44. Should Zambia consider the idea of a rotational presidency?
45. How should govt. involve local businesses and citizens to tackle poverty and unemployment?
46. What are the citizens’ role in the fight against poverty and corruption?
47. What are the differences between ACC, DEC and the Zambia Police?
48. Why do we appoint unqualified people as diplomats when there are many qualified Zambians?
49. Why do we give preference to foreigners over our own people?
50. Does anyone know how Masumba and General Kanene are doing at Chimbwakaila? I have a feeling they will not be short of company