Editor's note: Resident contributor Henry Kyambalesa argues in the article below that the latest calls to increase the size of parliament are totally misguided.
In 2010, the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) recommended an increase in the number of Parliamentary seats from 158 to 280 seats. Recently, Electoral Commission of Zambia Chairperson, Comrade Ireen Mambilima, urged the government to amend the Republican constitution in order to increase the number of Parliamentary seats from the current 150 to 235 elective seats.
This is worrisome, for how can some segments of Zambian society have a desire to increase the size of Parliament at a time when our beloved country's educational system is not adequately catered for, the healthcare system can hardly meet the basic needs of the majority of citizens, public infrastructure and services are still deficient, and, among a host of other socioeconomic woes, civil servants are still not adequately compensated for their services?
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