GIVE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO WOMEN, NGOCC TELLS POLITICAL PARTIES TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS

THE NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COORDINATING COUNCIL HAS TOLD ALL THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE COUNTRY TO GIVE ENOUGH FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE FEMALE CANDIDATES WHO THEY HAVE ADOPTED TO STAND ON THEIR PARTY TICKET IN THIS YEAR’S GENERAL ELECTIONS.

SPEAKING AT A PRESS BRIEFING IN LUSAKA TODAY NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION COORDINATING COUNCIL (NGOCC) BOARD CHAIRPERSON BEATRICE GRILLO EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE LACK OF COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF FEMALES WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED AS COUNCILLORS.

MRS. GRILLO WHO SPOKE IN A SPEECH READ ON HER BEHALF BY NGOCC BOARD VICE CHAIRPERSON MARY MULENGA SAYS IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CANDIDATES WHETHER WOMEN OR MEN ARE ELECTED AS LEADERS IN VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES.

AND MRS. GRILLO SAYS THE WOMEN MOVEMENT IS ALSO DISAPPOINTED WITH THE FACT THAT THE INDEPENDENT WOMEN WHO WERE NOT ADOPTED BY THEIR PARTIES HAVE CONTINUED TO BE VICTIMIZED.

SHE NOTED THAT SO FAR ONLY 105 WOMEN CANDIDATES FROM ALL POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADOPTED TO STAND IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTION'S WHICH SHE SAID IS UNFORTUNATE AS THIS NUMBER MIGHT NOT MEET THE SADC PROTOCOL REQUIREMENT.

MEANWHILE NGOCC BOARD SECRETARY GRACE MANYONGA DISCLOSED THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS SO FAR SCOUTED  820MILLION KWACHA FROM A TOTAL BUDGET OF 2BILLION KWACHA.

SPEAKING AT THE SAME BRIEFING ZAMBIA NATIONAL WOMEN’S LOBBY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROLLEN MUKANDA SAYS THE WOMEN’S GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO USE  CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME TO EDUCATE VOTERS ON WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR IN THIS YEAR ELECTIONS


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