Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:57:57 +0000 Monday December 10, 2012 NON Governmental Organisation (NGO) mother body has lashed out at the expensive by-elections being promoted by politicians in order to have total control of power both in parliament and outside. Non Governmental Organisation Coordinating Committee (NGOCC) chairperson Beatrice Grillo said that Zambia could no longer continue to hold costly by-elections which were caused because of greed. Ms. Grillo said that Zambians went through a strenuous election period last year and it was therefore unfortunate that some politicians should promote by-elections at the expense of development. Commenting on the revelations that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) spent over K8 billion from January to July 2012 in by-elections, Ms. Grillo said that political leaders should realise that the nation could not afford to continue losing money in that manner. She said that it was unfortunate that over K8 billion was spent on by-elections when the health […]
