ECZ Chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis says the Commission won’t allow any party cadre to manage elections. Zaloumis adds that the Commission has appointed over 600 poll staff to undergo a five-day intensive training programme to manage the 111 polling stations in Chawama constituency ahead of the by-election scheduled for January 15, 2026. Speaking at the opening of the training, Thursday, Zaloumis said the Commission was administering so many elections, adding that there would be no further by-elections after February 30, 2026. “We have so many elections and we are running these elections so that we have them before February 30, 2026, because that is the last day. We cannot have elections beyond that, so it’s important that constitutionally we need to...




