As a mother and someone with roots in Chiengi, it pains me to see how the area has remained underdeveloped despite its immense potential. - Given Katuta Mwelwa

I commend our party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) for successfully reconciling with former members who had called for a convention to remove Edith Nawakwi from leadership.

This is a significant achievement in fostering competent leadership within the party to drive human development.

For me, I find my strength in Jesus Christ, and I am not shaken by this. They can do whatever they wish. My only concern is that some people are interpreting the actions taken at the Constituency office in Chiengi as an attempt to drive me out of the area, which is traditionally understood as such. I’m unsure what message is being conveyed by that act. These are some of the challenges we, as members of parliament in rural areas, face. Rural MPs work under very tough conditions, and it becomes difficult to promote development when treated this way as a leader.