GARY Nkombo has described being attacked by known UPND cadres while filing his nomination as an assault on Zambia’s democratic soul and freedoms, which the country’s forefathers died for to secure. On Saturday, Nkombo said the arrest of five UPND thugs who attacked him while he was filing his nomination was nothing but a “dress rehearsal”. In a Facebook Post, Nkombo said the violent incidents involving himself and others were planned attacks on citizen’s rights to exist without fear, and to participate without intimidation. “Friends, the unfortunate attack on me and my wife last Wednesday, 21st May, 2026, at the hands of Bilden Halooba in full view of the Zambia Police Service was never just about stopping Gary Nkombo’s nomination...