LUSAKA’S Kabwata constituency has become the theatre of the absurd.A rogue candidate has withdrawn from the by-election without as much as notifying his political leadership and in the process throwing into disarray the entire by-election process.It now hangs in the balance with the law prescribing cancellation while commonsense and good sense demand otherwise.Sadly, this is not an isolated incident. It represents the untenable and equally iniquitous character of our laws, which although found wanting, have continued to exist on account of political gerrymandering. There has been little political will for major lasting reforms.Kabwata however takes the prize for absurdity. We now have a situation where the constitution demands that an election should be cancelled all because of a rogue candidate who has chosen to disregard his own party by withdrawing from the by-election long after nominations, had triggered expensive preparations for the exercise. Clearly, the law makers did not intend this absurdity and yet it is […]
KABWATA ABSURDITY
