SHIWANG’ANDU PF MP Stephen Kampyongo says the proposal to add 15 constituencies to Southern Province is a sign of greed. On Monday, District Electoral Officers in Southern Province submitted to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) a recommendation that an additional 15 new constituencies should be allocated to the province. In an interview, Tuesday, Kampyongo questioned the criteria used to propose that 15 constituencies should be added to the existing ones in Southern Province. “Increasing the number of parliamentarians comes at a greater cost to the State. So those who are trying to be even greedy, to try and think that they deserve more, it’s unacceptable. But it’s not surprising because we anticipated these developments when we were against the...

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