ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro says the Commission is capable of delivering a free and fair election in 2026. On Thursday, Socialist Party Deputy General Secretary in-charge of politics Antonio Mwanza charged that the commission could not conduct a free and fair election in its current structure, as its commissioners were known UPND cadres. “If you look at the Commissioners, the President has appointed known cadres of the UPND. And in its current structure, in its status, the ECZ cannot deliver a free, fair and credible election. We have seen violence in every election that we have conducted since UPND came into office, every by-election has been marred with political violence,” said Mwanza. But in...

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