WITH barely a week before Zambians vote in the August 13 general election, the rising incidents of political violence are deeply troubling. What should have been the final stretch of peaceful persuasion is slowly being turned into a contest of stones, roadblocks, tear gas and intimidation. The confrontation in Luampa, where suspected UPND supporters allegedly blocked the convoy of NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and pelted it with stones, must be condemned. The retaliation by NRPUP supporters was equally wrong. Once stones begin flying from both sides, nobody controls where they land. A cadre, police....