POLITICAL analyst Dr Neo Simutanyi says it will be difficult for the UPND to get votes in Lusaka and on the Copperbelt province because people are unhappy. Dr Simutanyi adds that the UPND does not need to worry about provinces such as Western and Southern, as they have traditionally supported the party, but should instead worry about provinces like Eastern, Luapula and Northern, among others. Meanwhile, Dr Simutanyi says if the elections will be free and fair, he does not see the ruling party getting 70 or 60 percent of the vote. In an interview, Thursday, Dr Simutanyi said the key question now was whether UPND’s non-traditional supporters who voted for the party in 2021, were convinced that it had...

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