THE campaigns are over. The speeches have been made, the promises have been laid before the people, accusations have been traded, manifestos have been interrogated and political parties have travelled the length and breadth of this country asking Zambians for their votes. Today, the talking stops and the people speak. Before anything else, we must commend Zambia’s political parties, their leaders, supporters, the Electoral Commission of Zambia, the police and, most importantly, ordinary citizens for the relative peace that has characterised this campaign. There have certainly been pockets of violence. We have reported some ugly....