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By ZamChro Correspondent

Speaking at a press conference last week Vice President George Kunda revealed that the Government is currently drafting several pieces of legislation to be tabled in Parliament next year.

Mr Kunda said the bills included the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) law which would see the creation of specialised departments in the ACC such as the serious fraud unit to take over the function of the defunct Taskforce on Corruption.
Mr Kunda also commented on a whole range of other issues of national importance. He said the constitutional review process would continue because it was coming up with useful and ingenious constitutional provisions on the economic and political governance of the country.

Mr Kunda said the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) programme initiated by the American government was another important governance programme which would enable the Government to evaluate its governance standards and indicators on civil liberties, rule of law and freedom of the Press, among others.

He said the Government under President Rupiah Banda’s leadership would continue to create a conducive environment for doing business and had won accolades from the International Monetory Fund, World Bank and other cooperating partners.

On ratification of the United Nations conventions on the rights of persons with disabilities, Mr Kunda said the Government had approved the ratification of rights of persons with disabilities.

He said the move signified the Government’s commitment to the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities.

The vice-president said under the 2010 Budget, the Government would construct 70 new local courts and rehabilitate 30 others countrywide at K33 billion.

He said construction and rehabilitations of the courts would increase access to justice for its citizens in accordance with the access to justice programme.

On the establishment of small claims court, Mr Kunda urged the public to make use of the facilities, whose minimal charge is K55,000 inclusive of the cost of service of the claim defendant.

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