The Lungu Cabinet By The Mast on December 20, 2020
Introduction
The Zambian Constitution pronounces the country as multi-ethnic. This is not an empty declaration like the Christian Nation one. Any deviation from it is sacrilegious and must be rebuked unequivocally. The proscription against ethnic discrimination can be justified on deontological, utilitarian, and communitarian or Ubuntu ethical grounds. Every Zambian has intrinsic worth usually espoused in the language of human rights. This imposes duties to treat all Zambians with respect regardless of their ethnicity. A set of rules that counts everyone’s interests equally regardless of ethnicity is likely to engender greater aggregate wellbeing than a set of rules that treats some people as more equal than others in virtue of their ethnicity. Our humanity rests in acting so as to enhance harmony and to reduce discord, and in protecting those who are threatened. In a just society, opportunities must be equally open to