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Zambia: Chiefs reject draft constitution

13 March 2014
Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo ll (l) with chief Nabwalya (seated)
Chieftainess Nkomeshya Mukamambo ll (l) with chief Nabwalya (seated), senior chief Inyambo Yeta (2nd l), and ZAWA board secretary Kampamba Kombe at the Sylvia Masebo tribunal hearing yesterday - Picture by Salim Dawood
<p><span>The Draft Constitution will not be accepted by the chiefs because it abolishes chieftaincy in Zambia by taking away their powers and rights over land and giving them to the President, warns chief Jumbe.&nbsp;</span><span>And the House of Chiefs resolved to reject the draft Constitution which carries a clause that they claim takes away their powers and rights over land and gives them to the President.</span></p>
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