CHIEF Madzimawe of the Ngoni speaking people of Eastern Province says there’s need to involve traditional leaders from the beginning of the constitution amendment process until the document is ready. Speaking when Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Nicholas Phiri addressed the House of Chiefs, Tuesday, Chief Madzimawe said such engagement could help remove issues of mistrust from the process. “My main concern is that the issue, in including our concerns in the Constitution, the main problem normally comes in when you’re only called to the table and how the preparations were done, how the ingredients were collected, you were not there. So sometimes it brings a bit of mistrust. What I would like to suggest is...
