UPND chairperson for elections Gary Nkombo says UPND members that are defecting to the PF are bitter because they have not been adopted. Commenting on former Namwala UPND member of parliament Moono Lubezhi and Chilanga UPND aspirant Charmaine Musonda’s defections to the ruling Patriotic Front, Nkombo said the party was not moved because the majority...

FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji says the opposition have tied their own hands because they have refused to associate with government in delivering development to the people. Commenting on Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu’s remarks that it was cowardice for the PF to go into an election with their opponent’s hands and legs tied up due...

PEOPLE’s Alliance for Change vice-president William Harrington has called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to take special interest in the declaration by the PF that President Edgar Lungu has already won the August polls. In an interview, Harrington said the declaration being made by the PF was a recipe for dispute and election...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) corporate affairs manager Patricia Luhanga says the Commission has raised slightly above K2 million from nomination fees. And Luhanga has insisted that the nomination fee is non-refundable and non-transferable. ECZ had earlier announced that 20 presidential candidates had paid nomination fees. However, out of the 20 candidates, only 16 candidates...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed the police to deal with any politician who will be seen conducting campaign rallies as a measure to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic ahead of the August 12 elections in Zambia. However, multitudes of PF supporters yesterday swarmed Mulungushi International Conference Centre to witness the launch of the...

UPND national deputy mobilisation and strategy chairperson Romeo Kang'ombe says this time around, voters are not going to be enticed by the PF campaign songs because they have seen that the economy is in dire stress. In an interview, Kang’ombe said the PF would leave government this year because people had now opened their eyes....