Tag: Politics

“US Ambassador Kapambwe Not Expelled”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has clarified that Zambia’s Ambassador to the Washington DC Lazarous Kapambwe has not been expelled by the US Government.Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji says Ambassador Kapambwe has just swapped positions with Dr Ngosa Simbyakula who was based at Zambia’s Mission in Washington DC.Mr Malanji says Mr Kapambwe, who was at…

PF Scoops Kaande Ward

The Patriotic Front -PF-has scooped the Kaande by-election in Mongu Central Constituency.Kaande Ward Returning Officer, Abraham Mobola declared Hastings Nasilele from PF as the duly elected councilor at 22:33 hours at Kaande totaling centre.Mr Mobola said the PF candidate polled 603 votes against his closest rival, Francisco Perera from United Party for National Development -UPND-…

PF Wins Lukau Ward

The Patriotic Front -PF – has won the local government by elections in Lukau Ward in Lukulu district.Mubombola  Obby , who stood on the PF ticket got 326 votes while Chinyama Chinyemba of the United Party for National Development -UPND- got 303 votes.The PF defeated the UPND by a difference of 23 votes from the…

Mulenga Fube leading Chilubi parliamentary race

By Brian MwalePF candidate Mulenga Fube is leading in the Chilubi parliamentary by-election.According to results that have been brought in from 18 polling stations, Mr Fube has 5, 652 votes, followed   by UPND candidate Stanislaus Chele with 1,346 votes.Mark Mpundu of PAC has 467 votes, followed by NDC candidate Mushimu Kalenga with 235 Votes while…

Voting Underway In Chilubi

Voting has started in the Chilubi parliamentary by-election with polling stations opening at 06 hours.ZANIS reports that at Chaba  polling station , Presiding officer Diwell  Mwansa declared  the polling station open  at exactly 06 hours.Chaba polling station has 1,501 voters with two streams while Chitonge polling station, which also opened at 06hrs has about  426…

Mutharika loses election court challenge

(BBC)The Constitutional Court in Malawi has rejected an appeal, brought by President Peter Mutharika and Malawi’s electoral commission, to suspend the judgement it made last week annulling May’s presidential election.The court also dismissed the electoral body’s claim that another election would be too expensive.Judge Dingiswayo Madise said democracy was costly and the rights of citizens…

EU blasts Mozambique’s ‘rigged’ election

(BBC)The European Union has described as “astonishing” the extent of vote-rigging in last October’s elections in Mozambique.In their final report, published on Wednesday, EU observers gave a withering assessment of the polls saying they found fraud at almost every stage of the process.The election – meant to help cement a peace deal in the southern…
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