PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema is today expected to assent to the Constitution of Zambia Bill No. 7, making it law. The Ministry of Information and Media has announced that the signing ceremony will take place at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka.
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has also extended invitations to mayors, council chairpersons and their deputies to attend the presidential assent. According to a circular dated December 17, 2025, and addressed to town clerks and council secretaries, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Nicholas Phiri instructed local authorities to provide two nights’ subsistence allowance for the invited civic leaders and their drivers. “RE: Invitation for Mayors, Council Chairpersons, Deputy… Do you agree that child defilers should be castrated?
