FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Chris Zumani Zimba says UKA should anoint its 2026 presidential candidate with Lungu’s signature, saying UKA is ECL and ECL is UKA. And Zimba says the concept that all UKA leaders are equal is a theory and not a reality. Recently, UKA Secretary General Lucky Mulusa said Lungu had already indicated that he would not lead the alliance. But in an interview, Tuesday, Zimba said UKA’s popularity would diminish instantly if the alliance picked a different candidate outside Lungu or a candidate that the former head of state did not support. “The opposition alliance or any other political alliance will only be impactful if there is a signature of ECL. ECL as a candidate...

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