ZAMBIA Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) president Archbishop Ignatius Chama has cautioned government against enacting Bill 7 a few months before the 2026 general elections. Addressing the media, Archbishop Chama insisted that the people must drive the constitution amendment process. “On 1st October, Catholic Bishops wrote a pastoral letter speaking against government’s decision to take to Parliament Bill 7 of 2025. We heard the Constitutional Court’s ruling about what government was supposed to do by consulting the people about Bill 7. Fortunately, the President said he would not continue with Bill 7, and we were all in one accord that it’s not only government that needs to make a decision on behalf of the people. However, it didn’t take time....
