THE Electoral Commission of Zambia has assured that the three ward by-elections taking place today in Chililabombwe, Lupososhi and Serenje Districts will be free and fair. The commission says it’s ready to conduct the by-elections in Chitimukulu, Katilye and Muchinda Wards and has further called on registered voters in the three wards to turn up and exercise their right to vote. In an interview, yesterday, former PF Secretary General Davies Mwila claimed that today’s by-elections in the three wards would not be free and fair owing to the violence that was reported during campaigns. “These by-elections will not be free and fair in that this Electoral Commission of Zambia cannot act on the people that are involved in the acts...

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