Prediction: Jerabos Rally Pavyuma In Likely Quest For Wusakile Seat
Independent Candidate Pavyuma Kalobo looks set to breaking history by being the first independent candidate to win the Wusakile
Parliamentary seat in Kitwe. Pavyuma is widely seen as favourite and is enjoying considerable backing from Black Market Copper traders otherwise known as Jerabos
Wusakile Constituency known for its notorious behaviour could see an independent candidate being elected as Member of Parliament as he
takes the lead against the other four candidates.
Kalobo a businessman and elder brother to the late ‘Jerabo’ Leader “Youngson” has sold himself well and could be headed for victory in
the forthcoming elections.
The Parliamentary seat is however being contested by five candidates, the four others include Patriotic Front’s Ackson Simwizye, Independent
candidate Chisala Kazene, Mundia Sikufele of the United Party for National Development (UPND) and Justin Katoka from the Forum for
Democracy and Development (FDD).
Payvuma Kalobo – Independent Candidate
He is contesting the seat he lost to Richard Musukwa in 2011 when he stood on the MMD ticket, the humble quiet Kalobo though not usual due to the “Jerabo” tag that his brother lived, he is a people’s person, listens more and talks less.
Kalobo had noticed that 2011 would be his and would get an adoption when he began his empowerment programs with the vulnerable women and youths in the constituency, with the “black mountain” a hot issue, Kalobo had focused on empowering women with pigs in the livestock sector and started empowering youths through various skills that would keep them busy.
His donations which includes a generator at Mulenga Clinic when load shedding got worse is something the women in the constituency will not forget, he brings new ideas to the political circles with beliefs that youths must earn a share from the mines and contribute to the growth of the economy.
Kalobo’s advance works in the constituency places him at a great advantage and one would wonder why the ruling party did not adopt him in the constituency as his popularity is evident enough.
Ackson Simwizye – Patriotic Front (PF)
The ruling party must be regretting having adopted Simwizye due to his lack of experience in Politics and lacking a political language that would convince the people to vote for him.
He is alleged to be a Ndola Based businessman but he argues that he dwell from the constituency with various business such as a shop and farm in Luangwa township.
Despite standing on the ruling party’s ticket, simwizye’s public speeches have been nothing but shame as he fails to articulate issues and easily gets upset when one opposes his view publicly.
Getting into the election is nothing but a loss for him, winning will be a surprise even to himself.
Chisala Kazene – Independent Candidate
He lacks a good following but a good and seasoned politicians who once saved a councillor in Kitwe, after being left out of the adoption process he went on to stand as an independent candidate.
Mundia Sikufele – United Party for National Development (UPND)
A former trade Unionist and founder of the National Union of Miners and Allied Workers (NUMAW) comes in to contest the seat but struggling to get a following. He looks vulnerable of them all but stands no chance to win the seat.
Wusakile remains a key constituency in the area and has never been under the opposition since independence but the situation could change as things stand.
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