KABUSHI PF campaign manager Michael Katambo says the former ruling party has accepted that Bowman Lusambo doesn’t qualify, adding that the party will go back to the drawing board. But Lusambo has declared that there will be no by-election if he won’t be on the ballot paper. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court has thrown out Lusambo and Joseph Malanji’s application to stay ECZ’s decision to reject their nominations but says it will proceed to hear their matter. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) yesterday rejected Lusambo and Malanji’s nominations for the Kabushi and Kwacha parliamentary by-elections, respectively. Lusambo, who arrived with a horde of supporters at Lubuto Secondary School, almost clashed with some UPND supporters but police quickly intervened and separated...

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