DETERMINED to uphold and exercise our inherent and inviolable right
as a people to decide, appoint and proclaim the means and style to
govern ourselves;
RECOGNISE the equal worth of men and women in their rights to
participate, and freely determine and build a political, economic and
social system of their own free choice;
PLEDGE to ourselves that we shall ensure that the State shall respect
the rights and dignity of the human family, uphold the laws of the State
and conduct the affairs of the State in such manner as to preserve,
develop, and utilise its resources for this and future generations;
DECLARE the Republic a Christian nation while upholding the right of
every person to enjoy that person's freedom of conscience or religion;
RESOLVE to uphold the values of democracy, transparency,
accountability and good governance;
AND FURTHER RESOLVE that Zambia shall forever remain a
unitary, indivisible, multi-party and democratic sovereign state;
DO HEREBY ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS
CONSTITUTION.
PART I
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND THE STATE
(As amended by Act No. 18 of 1996)
1. (1) Zambia is a unitary, indivisible, multi-party and democratic
sovereign State.
Declaration of
Republic,
sovereignty of
people, supreme
law and official
language
(2) All power resides in the people who shall exercise their sovereignty Public seal