PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has been declared UPND’s presidential candidate for the August 13th elections. Before making the declaration, Independent Electoral Commission Chairperson Isaac Mwanza informed the general assembly that the Commission had received three petitions against President Hichilema’s election as party president, but after examination they were found to lack merit and were dismissed. Speaking at the declaration yesterday, Mwanza said the nomination process was conducted in line with the party constitution. “Before I go to the declaration, I want to inform the general assembly and you Mr President that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had received three petitions. And we examined these three petitions, our determination was that the petitions were frivolous, vexatious, and they lacked merit and therefore...