PARAMOUNT Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba people of Northern Province has bemoaned the voter apathy that characterized the past three presidential elections in Zambia.The traditional leader said the country recorded a voter apathy of 48.33 percent in 2011, 68.64 per cent in 2015 and 43.55 in 2016, a trend he said was not good for democracy.He said this in a speech read for him by Lufwanyama District Education Board Secretary, Mambe Hamududu, during the launch of the Movement for Voter Sensitization (MVS) at Moba Hotel in Kitwe.Paramount Chief Chitimukulu said MVS was formed to address the challenge of voter apathy and to sensitise people countrywide to register as voters.“If the challenge of voter apathy is not addressed, this will destroy the essence of democracy which demands the rule of the majority,” Paramount chief Chitimukulu observed.The Mwine LuBemba who is also the patron of the MVS, said there wpould also be need to sensitize people against […]
Apathy not good for democracy – Chitimukulu
