Past deeds haunt leaders

POLITICAL Party leaders seeking the highest office in the land should account for their past deeds, Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba has said.

Mr Kabimba demanded that there should be accountability especially from those seeking to assume any level of leadership in the country.

POLITICAL party leaders seeking the highest office in the land should account for their past deeds, Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba has said.

Mr Kabimba demanded that there should be accountability especially from those seeking to assume any level of leadership in the country.

He said accountability in public life is an issue that needs to be taken seriously.

Mr Kabimba said this is because accountability defines the quality of leaders people would desire to have lead them and this demand must not be considered to be a partisan dimension.

“We have to take the issue of accountability in public life very serious because it defines the quality of leaders that we would like to have to lead this nation. It should be a non-partisan issue and immediately we try to take the dimension of partisanship, then we will not correct the moral values that are demanded of leaders” Mr Kabimba said.

He said without this demand, people will not feel accountable in public office at all levels, including those in the opposition and the church among others.

And Mr Kabimba said the demand for accountability must be extended beyond political players but everyone wishing to assume the role of leadership to be accountable to the people.

“It saddens me when I read on social media people trying to divert from this argument of holding people accountable in public life and trying to move the problem into the realm of becoming personal,” he said.

Meanwhile, a Patriotic Front official, Lemmy Bwalya urged UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema to clear allegations that he amassed wealth from the privatisation process.