UPND Chairperson for Elections Gary Nkombo says acting Patriotic Front president Given Lubinda’s remarks that the ruling party must be banned from the ongoing by-elections are baseless because PF remains the most violent party in the world. Yesterday, Lubinda called on the Electoral Commission of Zambia to ban the UPND from participating in the forthcoming by-elections because of the electoral violence which the ruling party had allegedly exhibited during campaigns. But speaking during a press briefing, Wednesday, Nkombo said the PF were the masters of violence and nothing had changed. “He is contending that the Electoral Commission of Zambia must ban the UPND from practicing the UPND campaign in the Muchinga by-elections of Serenje because of what he calls violence...

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