FORMER PF chairman for elections Yamfwa Mukanga says the party expects the UPND to win both the Petauke and Pambashe by-elections slated for this Thursday because they have the resources. In an interview, Monday, Mukanga said by-elections were usually won by the highest bidder, which in this case was the ruling party, but he argued that they did not determine how popular a political party was. “These by-elections don’t determine how popular the party is. You know, when people are starving and if you wave a bag of mealie meal in their face, they will get it and vote for you. So, even if they don’t want you, they will come to you because you are the people with the...

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