SHIWANG’ANDU PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo has called on government to quickly fill up the leadership vacancies at ECZ to ensure accountability at the institution. Debating the budget allocation for the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in Parliament, Tuesday, Kampyongo argued that the commission currently had no one who could be held accountable for the allocated resources. “We should appreciate the role of this critical institution in our country and its mandate. This is the institution which is supposed to promote democratic processes, obviously by conducting various activities as stipulated by Article 29(2). Following the acting leader of government business who has spoken about improvement of corporate image and also good governance, Madam Speaker, we are appropriating resources to...

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