We at OYV would like to express our
gratitude and delight at President Edgar Lungu’s listening ear as we appealed
to him consider appointing young people to positions of decision making when he
appointed Madam Justice Ireen Mambilima as Chief Justice. We contended that
President Lungu was a youthful leader/President and that his rein was the
appropriate and best entry point for the young people that constitute above 68%
of the national population into high level governance positions and that he had
no excuse to fail in this endeavor.
It is very encouraging to the young
people to see one of their own in the position of Attorney General, a position
that is pivotal to the legal engagement of Government. Further, the young
people feel motivated at this move knowing that the efforts of those that work
hard and sacrifice get rewarded. OYV would like to take advantage of this
moment and appeal to the young people in the country (whether in the ruling
party, opposition political parties, government, private sector or indeed the civil
society) to examine their conscious and begin to work extra hard.
However, good as the appointment of
Mr. Likando Kalaluka may be, it remains a drop in an ocean as the proportion of
the young people in relation to the national population is huge. This entails
that the President should do a lot more to with regards to increasing the
number of young people in decision making. President Edgar Lungu must stick to
his pronouncements of appointing more young people to positions of
responsibility and this must be done now as doing it later may be misconstrued
as appeasement and may not go down well with the majority of the young people
which will no doubt cost his continued stay in office.
Executive Director
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