MWENYA MUSENGE RENAMES HIS PARTY

Mr Musenge, who was initially Secretary-General in the National Democratic Congress (NDC), was forced out after differing with its leader Chishimba Kambwili.

It was at that point that Mr Musenge formed the National Democratic Congress Party (NDCP), but registration became difficult because of similarities in name with the Kambwili-led opposition party.

Mr Musenge explained in Kitwe yesterday that the Registrar of Societies could not register the NDCP because of the similarities with the NDC, hence changing the name to AHD.

He said in an interview that the details regarding the change of name from NDCP to AHD had already been submitted

According to Mr Musenge, the submission to the Registrar of Societies was done two months ago and was hoping that in the course of this week, a positive response would be communicated.

"Initially our party was called NDCP, but we had issues to be registered because of similarities with NDC of Kambwili. The matter was taken to court but it took long to be disposed of and so we decided to rebrand our party and give it a new name,” he said.

Mr Musenge said his party would provide hope to the frustrated Zambians and politicians who were not happy with the way politics were being run in the country.

He said the political landscape in Zambia was vast and there were a number of issues which were affecting the Zambian people but political parties including the ruling party were not addressing them.

His party, he said, would focus on education, health, poverty alleviation and empowering ordinary Zambians. "So education is one area of human development. We are talking of 56 years of independence, but we still have children and adults who have been denied access to education opportunities," he said.

He said the first foundation towards human development was education, adding that the backbone of every nation was also education.

"It is through education that people can be economically empowered, hence the poor, the rich, the deaf, the blind and the lame should have access to education," he said.

Mr Musenge said those opposition parties who talk about job and wealth creation should convince the people how they would achieve that.

"As politicians, let us talk about things that will convince the people as opposed to being rhetorical in order to gain political mileage out of lies and fake promises," he said. ‘‘Zambia has been known as the beacon of peace in the region and across the world, the record worth maintaining.’’ - Rev Sumaili