Dont Shun Politics, Women Told Forum for Democracy and Development President Edith Nawakwi has advised women to stop looking at politics as a dirty game fit only for the unbaptized and wicked as it is a calling to serve. And the FDD Leader has commended the work being done by the Catholic Womens League in helping the communities across the country. Ms. Nawakwi has called on fellow women in the country to stop looking down on women in politics as political leadership is not different from any other leadership. She said leadership is provided even in the bible hence women should stop shunning politics as that is the only way they will liberate themselves. She notes that if many women were in political leadership such as Councillors and Members of Parliament (MPs) cases of illegal land allocation and other immoral vices associated with politics would reduce. Meanwhile the opposition leader observed that former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Mutale Nalumango should have taken over as the Speaker after Amusa Mwanamwambwa. Ms. Nawakwi explained that she had hoped that after the changes in 2011 the would have a female Speaker to join other countries in the continent who have female Speakers. She noted that having a female Speaker would help the womens cause in the country as she would have used her position as speaker to impress on the president to use his prerogative to appoint women as MPs to increase women representation in Parliament. Speaking at the fundraising breakfast for St. Lawrence orphanage of Misis Compound Chelstone Catholic Womens League in Lusaka today, the opposition leader said the women have taken up the work which has been neglected by government. Ms. Nawakwi said it is the duty of all citizens in the country to give a helping hand to those in need and that the CWL should be helped in the works they are doing by all well meaning Zambians. The Catholic Women have been the care givers to those children who have found themselves in the streets and you are really doing a wonderful job. You have taken up the of the government and you should be commended and helped, Ms. Nawakwi said. She added that it is the duty of communities to help were government has failed so as to lessen the burden of taking care the need in society. Speaking at the same event United Party for National Development National Chairperson Mutale Nalumango said political party supporters should not take the debates and different opinions of the leaders into physical differences. Ms. Nalumango said leaders differ on principal but that they will never fight over their difference in opinion or policies. She called on supporters of different political parties to avoid fighting over political differences because their leaders argue in one minute, and the next minute one finds them interacting at social places.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:33:12 +0000
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