Friday, March 29, 2024

Extra ballots for unseen eventualities- Justice Mumba

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Ground handling personnel off-loading ballot papers
Ground handling personnel off-loading ballot papers

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has justified the printing of an extra 600,000 presidential ballot papers that they are meant for unseen eventualities, and that this is an electoral trend practiced throughout the world in democratic elections.

The ECZ has also dismissed claims that 400,000 voters have been removed from the voters’ register.

ECZ chairperson Justice Florence Mumba said in a statement issued in Lusaka yesterday that the printing of ballot papers was done in such a manner that caters for unforeseen eventualities like spoilt ballot papers.

“The printing of ballot papers has been such that it caters for unforeseen eventualities such as spoilt ballot papers and this is an electoral trend which is practiced throughout the world where there are democratic elections and Zambia is not an exception,” Justice Mumba says.

In apparent reference to concerns by some political parties over the printing of the extra ballot papers, she said: “Thus the Commission will go ahead as per programme.”

Police officers guarding the Presidential ballots papers at a warehouse at Lusaka international airport
Police officers guarding the Presidential ballots papers at a warehouse at Lusaka international airport

She said, however, that the Commission and stakeholders would ensure that there was optimum accountability for the ballot papers at each polling station in accordance with the regulations.

In the spirit of transparency, ECZ invited stakeholders to witness the printing of ballot papers in Durban, South Africa by Universal Printing Company.
The ballot papers arrive today aboard a South African Airways cargo charter and the Commission has called on political party representatives, civil society and the media to witness the arrival.

Justice Mumba said that to ensure a level playing field, it has been the practice of ECZ to give a full set of voters’ register to presidential candidates at no cost.

“To date, copies of the voters’ register for the 2008 presidential election have been printed and so far the UPND (United Party for National Development), Heritage Party and MMD have collected their copies of the voters’ register with the 3.9 million registered voters that were certified in 2006,” the statement reads in part.

She said it was not true that ECZ has removed 400,000 voters from the voters’ register that was certified in 2006.

The UPND, Patriotic Front (PF) and Heritage Party (HP) are opposed to the printing of extra ballot papers, alleging that they were meant to rig elections.
PF president Michael Sata also charged that the Commission had removed 400,000 people from the 2006 voters’ roll.

UPND elections agent Tiens Kahenya engages in an argument with ECZ chairperson Justice Florence Mumba over the arrival of Presidential ballot papers in batches from South Africa
UPND elections agent Tiens Kahenya engages in an argument with ECZ chairperson Justice Florence Mumba over the arrival of Presidential ballot papers in batches from South Africa

Meanwhile, Justice Mumba has said that over 50,000 people made submissions for replacement of their respective voters’ cards, but that these would collect their cards on October 30, the polling day.

She said the replaced voters’ cards were currently being printed upon verification of the submitted particulars and would be dispatched to the respective districts.

“It is not logically possible for the Commission to distribute the replaced voters’ cards to all polling stations before poll day. As such there will be a table at each polling station from which voters will be able to collect their voters’ cards upon positive identification with their green national registration cards,” Justice Mumba said.

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245 COMMENTS

  1. so, people have to queue up to collect their voters’ cards on polling day! this is going to be a mess. I can just imagine those MMD-planted monitors denying you your card claiming they cannot verify your ID.

  2. We are worried because there is no transparency in zambia,what exactly do you mean by ‘unseen eventualities’…..i hope you don’t behave as unprofessional as Ireen Mambilima did in 2006…..
    and why wasn’t the nation ,atleast, alerted to this possibility in advance(is’t that what you would call transparency).Where is accountability when you’ve just been forced to come out just to try and rest the issue…..
    our alectrol system is a joke…lets be vigilant…..

  3. I don’t believe ECZ could not have replaced the cards and distributed them a few days before polling day. Errors on the cards cannot be corrected as it will be too late in this set-up of collecting on the final day.

  4. For my opinion on “The Problem of Political and Electoral Apathy among the Youth in Zambia” check my post on the my blog at youthhivaidsinzambia . blogspot . com

  5. Madam it is democracry ,upnd ,pf and hp have refused the extra ballot papers its only mmd that has agreed .Automatically the three parties win ,therefore we don’t want what the all world do but do want the zambians want’discard the extra ballot papers we don’t want them ‘

  6. you guys are being overly sensitive and suspicious for nothing. this is common practice everywhere in the world where democratic elections are held. ballots are numbered sequentially and so it is very easy to verify. Please do not talk down your own country. zambia is a jewel of democracy in africa and justice mumba is an honest and internationally acknowledged lawyer and eminent judge who will NEVER sell out our country

  7. PLEASE LET US LEARN TO RESPECT PEOPLE. NO ONE HAS RIGGED ELECTIONS IN ZAMBIA. IF RIGGING WAS THERE KAUNDA WOULD HAVE DONE IT IN 1991. MMD WILL WIN FAIR AND SQUARE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE PARTY REPRESENTED IN EVERY PROVINCE AND DISTRICT OF ZAMBIA AND WITH UNIP’S SUPPORT ZAMBIA IS TRUNING NEW CHAPTER IN ITS POLITICAL LIFE. ZAMBIA WILL REMAIN UNITED AND RB WILL APPOINT A CABINET ACROSS PARTY LINES.

  8. #15 just as #19 says. Yes that is my name. He saw it from my blog I guess as my full names are there for anyone to see. #19 that was funny of you but since you seem to know Lozi, I forgive you.

  9. Th man we need is deepak patel
    he will get rid of this useless incompetent people in govt
    why keep recycling leaders
    deepak will bring 99 % indian government , shops all over creating jobs

    we will all be happy thanks zambians

  10. Rigging has been and will always be there. 4,000 + 1 = 14,000 can some one prove this theory wrong. 600 +5 = 5,600. The ECZ sends results by fax. The results (2006) had no space to put figures and words. all we had were figure. The MMD choose to win by large margins in place were the oposition was evidently absent. Ballot boxes moved to the counting place and stuffing occured at these points. So the Judge should not be foolish this time around. We will be in all the over 6000 poling stations and will be watching. Lusaka and CB are Zambia remember the 1986 food riots they started in the 2 places . and not in Shangombo or Chavuma.

  11. Gone are the days when a minister would go with a bottle of kachasu to pribe the villagers for votes. Now the politicians have to work for votes and suggestions that a particular pary is planning on rigging an election is just an admission that you are less popular than the other party. Zambia’s political maturity is being tested and I hope that the lossers will loose gracefully and blame their lose on failures within their respective parties rather than finger pointing at rigging!!

  12. What Florence Mumba is saying is a lot of nosense. Since 2006 a lot of people have died or left the country and there had been no new voter registration. So even if they printed ballot papers exactly as per 2006 it would still suffice because not all people vote. Her argument would have held water if they had registered more voters since 2006. I do not know why these lawyers always want to be manipulated. Even a grade 7 child can tell that Mumba’s maths is invalid. I think Mumba will be worse than Mambilima. And next time the ECZ chairperson must come from another province. We have had three in a row from one province. Don’t other provinces have lawyers.

  13. Hey mr Arafat patel, first and foremost, let me inform you that Zambia don’t need 99% indian government. Secondly mr patel, this depak you are crazy about is not even a candidate in this election so please don’t waste space here.

  14. Arafat patel. i dont know what you are smoking, you must doing cheap drugs. its not the first time you are talking about Depak.

  15. Atase iwe arafat. What do you mean by 99% indian government? Which government is more corrupt between your india and zambia? I guess you’ve never been to india my friend. India stinks with poverty. Its only mumbai thats developed.

  16. A new upcoming pole is showing that RB will win with a land slide. Reason is that most Zambians are saying that this being a bye-election, they wish to let the MMD finish the term given in 2006. They argue that 2011 will be a full election. Oh, by the way SATA will have retired by then. RB will be too old and will also need to retire, once more. So Zambians think of better younger leaders to take over. HH will still not win an election in Zambia because he was put their by a certain tribe to serve that tribe. So who will be next?

  17. So, who are the stakeholders that were invited to witness printing of the extra ballot papers. Can someone enlighten me please.

  18. This is quite normal however,the collection of voters cards on polling day will just put off voters as their could be long queues.
    Whatever the case,may the stakeholders,opposition & election monitors ensure their is proper accountability so that MMD does not use any loopholes we are seeing so far.
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  19. Atase, kanshi Ba Ole ndiwe ka Oliver. Chikamba iwe monk. We were together at UNZA but I can’t exactly remember what happened to you in third year. If you’re able to remember how St Raphaels hammered Hilcrest boys at the Jets fair in Kalomo in 1991 (I guess), then you know who Iam.

    Fellow bloggers, this gentleman has for sure travelled. If there is any of you still doubting him, I’m here to enlighten you.

  20. It is sad to note how MMD will not stop at anything to take the reigns of this nation. Extra Ballot Papers? 600,000? For unseen circumstances? This is really sad development. What a coincidence with VJ flying to SA and extra ballots surfacing and have arrived in Zambia. Where is this country going to? Who does Mulongoti think he is? Do these MMD thugs know that we are now tired of there manipulations?
    No wonder Sata has said that he is not taking a loss in this fraudulent election.
    ECZ and VJ, please be warned that we are watching you closely. This time you are not getting away with it.

  21. Unforseen circumstance could be ballot papers falling into Zambezi river whilst crossing on the pontoon. It could be ballot papers getting stained because something spills on them before they are used. This is a common practice all over the world and no cause for irrationasl fear. Monitors will be there to state how many people turn up at each polling station to vote and the tallies will be cross checked. If PF and UPND monitors and agents are not able to carry out this simple task then they have terribly disorganised parties that lack personnel capable of running this country.   

  22. “We also want to be on top. We have pushed these others and now we are tired, enough is enough. Let us also try because we also want this position so it’s not that it’s me who will be on top but if Rupiah Banda wins, then it means all of us are there,” Mpezeni said. He urged easterners not to be cheated by some presidential candidates.
    “Every person who crosses Luangwa coming here, that person is called a resident of Chipata. Now surely, can you give somebody a vote?

  23. I dont mean to alarm anyone but there lots of ways that these elections, or indeed any other, could be rigged. Checked out wikipedia.org and i am quite worried. Beware of tribalism. The most tribal candidate is not HH.

  24. Some of u guys u sound so ignorant about election issues.With or without extra ballot papers,elections can be rigged!If u don’t know how elections are rigged(if at all they’re rigged)don’t start making foolish demands from the ECZ.The democray we as a country try to champion is ‘western’ democracy so there’s nothing like “the zambian way”!The zambian way involved elections where frogs used to stand as presidential candidates-that was the zambian way-but now we,as a country,are trying to master the way our former colonial masters run their politics-the Commonwealth System.

  25. Are we sure they printed only 600,000 extra ballots? What about all these years, how have they been accounting for the extras? How about showing the stake holders the invoice and the receipt books for these ballots. I smell a rotting rat here. Bakabolala. Stealing a presidency is worse than stealing my money. ARREST RUPIAH BANDA

  26. Extra 600,000 presidential ballot papers, unjustified, like someone has observed, some registered voters are no more, apathy is on the highest in Zambia. Opposition parties should demand for the destruction of those papers before the elections………..smell a chicken.

  27. I am seeing serious blood shed if anything funny happens in these elections. You should have seen the verbal exchange between kahenya and florence.

  28. ECZ should spell out in advance in what eventualities will these 600,000 ballots be used and what will be the rules that will govern their use, and how the reconciliation of all the votes will be done before they announce the results of the winner.

  29. The best was HH to merge with SATA if they really wanted to wipe out MMD.last friday MMD women cadres were arrested around 10-11 hours at railway quaters town center Ndola.the women were giving cash to pipo who were willing to give their NRC and VOTERS card numbers.one it happen that one person who did not agree with the whole idea went to Ndola central police and reported the matter.plain clothed policemen came and also pretended to be interested in the deal,later arrested the women who further revealed that a number of others were actually around toen doing the same.
    Zambians ,tell me will these elections be free and fare? i dont think so.MWANAPOHO YE NSU

  30. #18 Dont talk like that my brother, We have evedence, one person at ECZ was on suspension for almost a year by reviewing the rigging in 2001 presidential, that person is still living. Ndola it happen in parliamentary Mr Chintale cried that INE TABANGAFWILEKO so that person who did that is still living and one prominent person is FTJ Chiluba the engineer it was at 19:45 hrs FTJ phone a return officer for Kansenshi central we know this. the sad aspect do not know if you known you consciecous will not allow you to keep quite. Please do not provoke.

  31. Can some one tell did this story come out in the papers? I quess our so called police covered the whole mess secretly.
    I believe this is happening around Zambia,if it happen in town Ndola as early as 10 hours what more in rural areas. Shame on Rupiah Banda.why cant pipo be left to play a fare game and choose whom they want.its not fare,not all.

    Please HH AND SATA MERGE TO REMOVE THIS CORRUPT MMD .ITS TOO MUCH TWA NAKA.

  32. ALL THOSE SAYING MMD WILL WIN COZ OF ITS PRESENCE IN ALL TOWNS, MUST BE JOCKING. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS IN ZAMBIA CAN NOT OUT NUMBER THOSE IN TOWN OWING TO MIGRATION OF PEOPLE FROM RURAL AREA TO TOWNS WHERE FACILITIES, LIKE TRANSPORT, HEALTH SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ARE READILY ACCESSIBLE. WE ALL KNOW THAT MMD IS A PARTY SO DESPARETE TO WIN AT ALL COSTS. ONE EXAMPLE IS THE CONTINUED USE OF USED, BEATEN UP AND ABUSED RUGS LIKE VJ. IF I WERE VJ FOR ONCE I CAN REFUSE TO BE USED LIKE HE IS BEING ABUSED. BUT IT ALL GOES TO SHOW THAT HE NEEDS BUCKS FOR HIS ARV’s WHICH ARE SUSTAINING HIM AS OF NOW.

  33. hard luck opposition the mmd has already rigged. in all elections the turn out is less than the actual voters roll so what will they do with the excess ballot papers? RIGGGGGGGGG. Just watch out in the rural areas and see the kind of results.

  34. You, MR NEW REALIST,you are foolish and do not think.Are you so sure of what you are saying that thes no riggin in Zambia?
    I warn you very strongly to stop posting such false and unproductive issues on this web.
    I again say you are stupid.

  35. Handing out voters cards on the day of election raises alot of questions ,meaning there obviously other extra cards printed for (rigging).It is unacceptable to have extra ballot papers ,because what eventualities can occur which have never occured.The Elections have been rigged .And It is Important we start talking about rigging now different forms of rigging ,why was VG the only person in Durban were the ballot papers were being printed?Why did VG go to Zimbambwe to see the electrol commission.Are we going to accept this nonsense of election MAlpractice.This year we wont accept.

  36. Bamama F Mumba, we thought giving a woman power was developing a growing nation like ours into a good one, e.g economically, politically,etc.Corruption will never do us any good, please those brown envelops making you do all those bad things will one day back fire on you.Zambians are dying with hunger, madyopa people are like living a different world,shame ba mumba you want RB to win, rigging will take you no where , please save our lovely countly Zambia.

  37. viva hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh vote HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  38. Zambians, it is cruel for SATA to continue allerging that iam in Durban trying to tamper with the ballot papers in order to rig for RB. Iam and i have been in J’BURG. I had a successiful left ear operation at Morningside clinic last friday and iam now an out-patient.
    Plesa, just wish me a quick recovery…

  39. US LUVALE AND LUNDA ARE FOR HH…COME 30/10/08…WE ARE VOTING FOR HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…… NO MATTER WHAT…VOTE HH..

  40. all this is nosence the provision for eventuality is ok just as we accountants provide for Bad debts but it should not exceed 5% but look at 600 000 it is too much its true we can suspect something. when you find an aacountant puting aside K600,000 as provision out off k2.m, then suspect that person either wants to steal or he is incopetent. whats the application then? ECZ either wants to rig or they foresee their incopetency and unprofessional

  41. #56 but don’t you think its illegal and that MMD presidential candidant should be disqualified over this. What does the law say about such practices.

  42. The printing of extra ballot papers should only worry those who have not adequately prepared for the elections. The beauty about this election is that results shall be posted at the respective polling station. All the parties need to do is design a system of monitoring the number of voters that will cast their votes. Intelligent polling agents will know who many pipo have voted and this can be compared to the total number of ballots in the ballot boxes. The key is having sharp, smart and intelligent polling agents.

  43. The facts are 2011 HH becomes President- 2008 RB continues Levy’s legacy as President. Sata’s hopes for plot one convincingly shattered on 30th October 2008. But Shikulu it wont be end of the world we shall still continue to enjoy your jokes but start considering replacement there are only few weeks to go!

  44. Below are the Statistics on the Voter Register per Province

    Central – 381, 93
    Copperbelt – 625,505
    Eastern – 498,649
    Luapula – 312,593
    Lusaka – 592,511
    Northern – 464, 910
    North-western – 244,599
    Southern – 503,221
    Western – 316,102

    Number of eligible voters – 3,940,053
    Female – 52.02%
    Male – 47.98%

    Number of wards – 1,422
    Number of Polling District – 6.456
    Number of Streams – 9,314

    Number of Provinces – 9
    Number of Districts – 72
    Number of Constituencies – 150

    Presidential Voting Pattern Analysis

    There are 3.9 million voters on the current roll. But Northern Province – with a total 464, 910 voters – will determine the winner between acting President Ru

  45. forks we havent even voted and you arev cryng faul that we have rigged the elections. just admit that you dint prepare. sata has no chance this time people have realised that he is actually more tribal than HH. MMD has gained ground on the copperbelt while HH is gaining ground in LSK among the educated who are the majority in lusaka urban. To be frank gentlemen expect sata to come third this time around with less than 29% of the vote he got last time HH will come second and rupiah bwezani banda will win by landslide.

  46. Below are the Statistics on the Voter Register per Province

    Central – 381, 93
    Copperbelt – 625,505
    Eastern – 498,649
    Luapula – 312,593
    Lusaka – 592,511
    Northern – 464, 910
    North-western – 244,599
    Southern – 503,221
    Western – 316,102

    Number of eligible voters – 3,940,053
    Female – 52.02%
    Male – 47.98%

    Number of wards – 1,422
    Number of Polling District – 6.456
    Number of Streams – 9,314

    Number of Provinces – 9
    Number of Districts – 72
    Number of Constituencies – 150

    Presidential Voting Pattern Analysis

    There are 3.9 million voters on the current roll. But Northern Province – with a total 464, 910 voters – will determine the winner between acting President Rupi

  47. I urge PF and UPND to URGENTLY train polling agents who will serve and safegaurd their interests. They can strategies together with other monitoring organisatiobs. Mind you the staff ECZ has recruited are school levers who least experienced in this feild. They can be manipulated.

  48. THE MAN OF GOD HAS CANCELLED HIS TRIP TO ZED ,FEARING THE DISEASE THAT BROKE OUT LAST WEEK IN SOTH AFRICA.

    VERY FUNNY

  49. Extra ballot papers!!!My God, the opposition should be afraid, very very afraid!!The election have already been rigged!

  50. There are 3.9 million voters on the current roll. But Northern Province – with a total 464, 910 voters – will determine the winner between acting President Rupiah Bwezani Banda and opposition leader Michael Chilufya Sata. If the province is split, which is more likely, and then the Banda Bandwagon will roll into State House with few hitches. Banda has Eastern Province which has 498,649 voters while Sata is likely to take Copperbelt and Lusaka Provinces which have 625,505 and 592,511 voters, respectively. But Banda may not be far behind anyone in Lusaka, Copperbelt and Southern Provinces (503,221), which may help tilt the equation when the overall count is done. Western (316,102) and Northwes

  51. Banda may not be far behind anyone in Lusaka, Copperbelt and Southern Provinces (503,221), which may help tilt the equation when the overall count is done. Western (316,102) and Northwestern (244,599) provinces may go Banda way but Luapula province (312,593) could go Sata. However, Sata’s inadequacy lies in the fact that his popularity does not transcend Lusaka, Copperbelt and parts of Northern and Luapula Provinces. The Youngman Hakainde Hichilema will surely capture his traditional Southern and some parts of Central (381, 93) provinces. Central province could go to either Banda or Hichilema but the contest will be close between the two. Sata may not feature in this equation, thereby weake

  52. Inenikota i cant see from a far . My friend Banda is worse becoz he has developed sleeping sicknes ena alasunda napa bed . Nomba u pipo who are still young ‘re dull. One u cant support yr friend HH. 2 the mmd is rigging da election and u a watching . Petition ‘ll not help now is da time be 4 it is too late . Move into action.

  53. watever they r trying to do with the extra ballot papers will not stop pf from carrying the day on 30th this month…….RB cant be president coz he is corupt & whoever will vote for him is also corupt.HH cant be president coz he is inexperienced,he will jst mess up things.we dnt want to experiment….viva pf pf pf pf pf pf pf…..

  54. Comment 37 shows ignorance about HH. The people who expressed tribal sentiments are no longer with HH. Siacheye Madyenkuku & Ngande Mwananjiti are now MMD. These were just spoilers. The man is not a tribalist! Get the facts right and be civiled by reading the past events

  55. PLIZ LETS UNIT AND VOTE MMD OUT OF GOVERNMENT.THEY CANT EVEN PROVIDE GENERATORS FOR HEALTH CENTRES. I STILL WISH HH AND SATA MERGED FOR A GOOD CAUSE -TO BOOT MMD OUT CLEARLY IN ALL AREAS.WE NEED CHANGE TWACHULA PAFULA! VOTE WISELY

  56. Bane i still have my voters card, if you are PF and currently in Zambia please contact me so i can send it to you, i mean you vote for me pa ci bwato.

  57. There is enough time for SATA to do his tricks. LUSAKA this time around will be well contested. SATA may even lose in LUSAKA.

  58. I WE CHI 82 ,TYOU THINK SO LOW.JUST BECOZ YOU OUT THERE YOU EVEN FORGOT THAT YOUR OLD FOLKS ARE STILL HERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUFFER AT THE HAND OF A CORRUPT GOVERMENT.THINK WITH YOUR HEAD AND NOT YOU TUMMY

  59. I feel its alright if only they maintain a comprehensive inventory, but being fooled several times in previous elections, i have my fears. was VJ there during the printing, coz his trip to SA coincided with ECZ ballot paper printing. By the way ba #83 those stats look real munatenga kuti?

  60. SATA if given a chance?! will again destroy peoples houses at will in those compounds with the yellow monister. The poor marketeers and kaponyas are unawares. Thankfully, no chance this time around.

  61. No one would like to wish someone to die, but in this case I wish VJ to die because he bring a lot of problem to Zambia. Bushe mwebakwata ubuloshi teti mulowe Mwaanga VJ. ala tonawila icalo namano ayafiko. Rigging is a solution for mwaanga inorder to have a job.

  62. Whilst it may be understandable to print more ballot papers in normal circumstances, the fact that we are using the 2006 voters’ roll means that there will be extra ballots on account of the natural process by which voters have exitted the roll. Moreover the reason on “unforeseen eventualities like spoilt ballot papers” cannot arise as spoilt ballot papers arise AFTER the counting of ballots and are not replaced.

    A clearer explanation is required!!

  63. #83, 87, 88, 90 ANANYMOUS exellent work my dear you have volunterily decided to educate the people so that they dont speak from without. good work. From your statistics it looks clear to me that MMD is headed for victory. Sata will take lsk district but not lsk province because MMD will take luangwa, lufunsa, chongwe and lsk west. this will compensate for the vote lost in northern,MMD will surely also come second wherever they loose like CB and luapula.

  64. # 97 you are witch…in your mind…pls kindly think about your children’s future…be helpful to the future of our mother zambia…pls with or without you #97..we re voting for ..HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH TO PLOT ONE..VIVA HH

  65. People, why has ECZ and Universal Printers decided to leave 5 Pallets of the Presidential By-Elections Ballot Papers in South Africa? Are the reasons being given genuine honestly? Zambians remember VJ is in S.A. why are we being taken for granted like this? On top of that they’ve printed extra ballot papers. This is a clear indication of rigging campaign. Why were the inspectors not informed in S.A that they would delay some ballot papers due to circumstances, only to discover here? Please for the good of this country, let rid of all these bent of trying to destroy our country!

  66. Sorry Off topic but let me say this – TD Jakes has cancelled his trip to Zambia for fear of a mysterious disease…..heelllllooo is this the opne we call a man of God. Fear of a disease he can pray for.

  67. this isb really pathetic. i had high esteem for madam Mumba but alas she is also been manipulated. how sweet is the offer that you cannot think of chilren’s children. pls madam justb surprise everone and save the face of zambian women

  68. gentlemen VJ has never a rigged a single election, the opposition just lost. MMD won eastern, central, lusaka rural, western,northern, northwestern and then came second everywhere else are you telling me VJ was present in all these areas at the same time?? if he had agents surely one would have come in the open by now. the opposition are not parties they are simply individuals, where SATA is thats where his party is, when he leaves the party also leaves same with HH. with MMD rb can be in northern, mutati on the CB, mulongoti on radio somewhere at least there is a seriuos MMD official anywhere in the country at any given time compaghning.

  69. People we need to reject this form of modern Dictatorship in Zambia where leaders think they can simply impose themselves on people. No! Let the will of the people be done. if we want to vote for RB, it will be up to us not VJ doing it on our behalf. Why are we so docile kanshi in Zambia? Even when we have the constitutional powers to decide our way, someone takes it from us and we sit looking on like that. We’re taking the development of the nation further behind.

  70. #87. Anonymous,
    Great analysis man, I have told people in this blog before that it pays to have information at hand.
    Lusaka(592,511) is very close to Southern Province(503,221) and not too far from Easter Province(498,649) and Northern province(464, 910). So, for people to stick to copperbelt(625,505) and Lusaka(592,511), whose total registered voter-base gives only 31%, leaving 69% of rural power is dangerous. Because as #87 has correctly said it this 31% will be split among the three + one(miyanda, though not significant).
    I have said b4 that Zambia is largely a village, a fact people want to ignore. But the more they ignore, the more they will keep losing. This adantages RB.

  71. pliz dont tel any one its a secret between you and me all those remaining 600 ballot papers are voters for RB.am in durban i was hired to do the work under vj

  72. #111 Fine

    Agreed totally. The fact is that the opposition is split and for that reason alone, there is no chance of any of the opposition parties to win. To add salt to injury, they (opposition) unlike MMD, dont have the resources to do a thorough campaign in the rural areas given the circumstances- only less than 19 days to go.

  73. no 115, sikwenze na kwatu,he just went to see how he will go about rigging the elections.am sure he has established how to do it.victory is certain 4 RB am just sad sata n hh will have to wait for 2011, n way hard luck boys

  74. PF UPND MMD HP
    Central 5% 45% 45% 5%
    Copperbelt 60% 15% 20% 5%
    Eastern 15% 15% 65% 5%
    Luapula 55% 10% 35% 0%
    Lusaka 60% 25% 15% 0%
    Northern 55% 20% 25% 0%
    North-western 5% 40% 55% 0%
    Southern 4% 75% 20% 1%
    Western 8% 50% 40% 2%

    Your comments.

  75. if we continue forcing sata to rule this country he will definately have another heart attack,i think we do not love sata. lets spare him for his good health. vote wisely

  76. Guys if the intention truely is that of rigging, let me remind them that we in the opposition are and still will be the majority after the whatever results.

  77. REMEMBER FTJ under mighty MMD. POLITICAL ENGINEERING is what MMD is good at. VJ is the professor. He has been in business for a long time kaunda knows him better.

  78. When they re on the path of not wining,they can use the extra papers for their own greed and selfish desires.Thats they only reason VJ had to go to SA for the so called medicals when they know what is really up.Who paid for VJ´s travel expenses?The truth will always come out.

  79. MMD BAFIIKALA WE ARE WATCHING I DON’T SUPPORT ANY PARTY, BUT I AM FOR CHANGE!!!!OPPOSITION SHOULD WIN WHETHER HH OR SATA!!!!

  80. From all this you can see how desperate the opposition parties are, they know they can’t win so they want to blame it all on rigging I what I haven’t heard so far especially from SATAna is how this rigging is done, since he was part and parcel of the so called riggers team (Vj,FTj,SataNA,etc…..

  81. chungu did it and send some of you kumangalande,ku states,what ever.now you re there and you forget how you got there .

  82. #118 YOU POLLS ALMOST DEPICTS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THIS WILL MEAN RB WOULD BE VICTORIOUS WITH 33%, HH WITH 32, SATA 29% AND MIYANDA 6%. HOW PAINFULL THAT WOULD SOUND. PULL UP YOUR SOX OPPOSITION OR RISK LOSING.

  83. # 111. Fine! and #87 Anonymous are the same person. Why ask the question using statistics and answer it using the same. No other blogger here is using figures. Ba MMD bamambala you think you can start convincing us of rigging by those same figures? Kuyabebele bakalamba! Pabwato!!!!!!!!

  84. #113 point taken if you are really truethful let the opposition and other well meaning zambians know about it so they will take action. I wish i was home

  85. HAI i saw an sms on VJ PHONE HE WAS TOLD THAT IF RB WINES HE WILL BE GIVEN DOLLARS OF DOLLARS .600 PIN HAVE RB SYMBOL. FELLOW ZAMBIANS LETS WAKE UP.

  86. #87&88, you anaysis is just an exact duplicate of the 2006 results. You have just said what happened in 2006. I feel there will be changes in the voting patterns especially in NW, Western and Central provinces. The 2006 results were to some extent tribal in that candidates performed well in areas were tribesmen or cousins come from, of course apart from LSK and CB. My feeling is that there will be some changes in the voting patterns this year.

  87. To be specific HH is expected to do better in NW, Western and Central provinces for obvious reasons (tribal or cousinship)compared to how he perfomed in 2006. sata may do better in Luapula and Northern provinces better than in 2006. Lusaka and copperbelt will heavily be contested although sata will have a slight lead in the urban areas of the two provinces but will perform poorly in the rural districts. HH may have more than 80% of the votes from SP. However RB may win because he will be coming first and second in most provinces. others will be found in the 3rd position

  88. #118, your analyis is very close to the what i expect, however, you have overrated miyanda. he cannot manage to get a 5% in the stated provinces. further you revisit your analysis for NW. i have been to that province two weeks ago. apart from solwezi town, most parts of NW province may vote for HH.

  89. #118 HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THOSE FIGURES. WHO SPONSORED YOUR POLL?
    HOW SCIENTIFIC IS YOUR METHODOLOGY? DID YOU COOK THEM UP FROM MMD ELECTION RIGGING COMMAND CENTER? NEW FLASH # 181 IS PART OF THE RIGGING
    PEOPLE OPEN UP THESE ELECTION HAVE RESULTS READY BEFORE 30TH OCTOBER.

  90. The October 30 Presidential Elections will be unique. Unique in the sense that Results will be published at the polling station. I foresee a situation where people will shun the official results from ECZ at MICC and rely on results that the parties will be announcing because of the biased nature in which ECZ has shown in the Past. I can already see discrepancy problems creeping in where Results Display at Polling stations will differ with the Offical ECZ’s Results. It happened in the last elections where discrepancies arose in what was wired to MICC and what was announced at the Polling station. This will lead to the rejection of the Election. Wonder what ECZ will do!!!

  91. Hey, can someone tell me where the US Nov 4 ballot papers will be printed? Are we invited to witness the printing? Please, help! I need to know. Time is running out. And while you are at it, tell me how many ballot papers have been or will be printed?

  92. As a patriot of Zambia (of course)..we getting tired men..We keep on getting results, with strange results..Come on, we not stupid, we get to see how rallies perform, (which our so called ZNBC does not even get to show, I wonder why). But tell u what, its not nice when u take a person for granted, where all the time u keep on saying (Zambians are peace loving..blah, blah..). Do u people know the consequences of the day all the Zambians will realize they have had to much or u busy thinking of how much u be getting? Lets get real..think about it..

    Twizy, Kitwe, Zed..

  93. Anonimous, does the word plagiarism exist in your vocabulary. Y d you want to look intelligent over other pipo’s efforts. You copy a portion of the ‘Executive’ newsletter and flash it hear without any of your analysis, shame on you. Or maybe I may ask you,have you ever sat in any lectureroom where such words are taught?

  94. Anonimous, IS BURSTED. I NEW THE PUNK IS ONE OF THE MAIN WORRIED FOX ABOUT TO LOOSE A JOB, SURVIVES ON CADRE VIBES LIKE MAD MIKE. TRUE DAT #141, PEEPS ARE WORRIED FOR THEMSELVES NOT ABOUT THE COUNTRY. A MONTH AGO THEY TOLD AS THAT WE SHOULD NOT HOLD ELECTION, BECAUSE THEIR WERE NOT ENOUGH FUNDS. NOW THEY OVER SPENDING ON EXCESS BALLOTS. THIS IS PLAYING A NATION LIKE WE TOYS. WAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE………….. BIG UP #141

  95. Michael Sata is the common denominator in rigged elections! UNIP under KK, MMD under Chiluba and then Mwanawasa’s first term because Sata bailed out late. Now we will have a free and fair election but Sata should desist from making inflammatory statements about refusing to accept the result if he loses. The media should also be careful. The Rwanda genocide was fuelled by the media, especially radio. One broadcaster is on trial for that. If Zambia goes up in flames, the Post editors will have to blame! Giving coverage to the rantings of a demented paramount chief as if there is nothing else newsorthy is pathetic!

  96. Zambia is fast asleep. Why? No action.Really, is it not action that can liven up Zambia? Man of action. Every conner of the country will feel the action. Man of action.

  97. #143 YOU ARE MISTAKEN. PRINTING COSTS ARE ACCORDING TO BATCHES. IT MAY NOT COST MORE TO PRINT 999,999 PAPERS THAN 500,000! WHILE IT MAY COST MORE TO PRINT 500,000 THAN 499,999!

  98. We refuse SMART RIGGING!! PF secretariat, ensure that the ballot papers are AUTHENTICATED before the VERIFICATION process begins. I was very shocked to see the stakeholders in this election trying to authenticate the ballot papers with naked eyes!! Today technology is highly advanced that PREMARKED ballot papers cannot be seen by mere naked eyes. Therefore there is need to authenticate (validate) that these and those ballot papers yet to come are CLEAN. It is possible that when you vote for the opposition candidate, this triggers a chemical reaction to transfer the ink on the transparent imprinted mark on MMD candidate whilst completely deleting the opposition candidate’s mark. Fore warned!

  99. Great analysis 188 . if there will be any difrence , it wont be very big from your projections. i dont have time to vote but i know wat is on the ground

  100. Rigging has started and opposition,you’ve lost it just here!!no more faith and trust in ECZ!!there won’t be free and fair elections….

  101. anonymous excellent analysis. politics is about numbers. Sata is spending so much time in northern and luapula instead of going to eastern, northwestern and southern because as we all know he will not get a vote in western province. MMD does not need to rig all they need to do is just be strategic in their campaigns and they will win easily.

  102. ECZ- Advice to you: Distribute the replaced voters cards before election day, the Govt has all the resources to do that. Opposition will cry foul in case they lose the election and they will allege rigging.PLIZ get my advice and mark my word.

  103. no 118. You have it wrong on western province and luapula. MMD won western province in the last election and will win it again in a bigger margin. luapula is no longer PF territory. The LPM bridge gives MMD a very strong case for the vote in luapula and they will win it including northern province whose chiefs are 100% behind mMd because of the work of Bwalya Chiti who is the possible Veep to RB in the new government. 2011 will be won by a new breed of MMD politician upcoming, mutati, chiti, aka, chitala, siliya, mangani, possibly Nevers, namugala etc.

  104. The opposition United National Independence Party -UNIP- intends to change its name to United National Integrated Party. The meeting also ratified the decision of its central committee to endorse the candidature of Acting President, Rupiah Banda, in the October 30 presidential election.

  105. Mr sata shouldn’t even think he will step into plot one,he’s just an ordinary dreamer who can’t even deliver but just behaves like a street kid.honestly how can a five sensed zambian entrust such a man with presidential powers.he’s enjoying support by the post newspaper who are even missleading him more.RB for president free and fair elections hate or love it.sata will die with depression as he looses for the third time.

  106. SATA said he would remove cut-off points once in power so that every child should go straight into university because the cut-off points are hindering children from attaining university education.

    Now, my wife asked my mother in-law to see what her view was.
    Her question was put in bemba as my wife and my mother in-law are bemba. She said, “Mayo, ba Sata ati ngababa president, baka funyapo ama cut-off points pakweba ati bonse abana baleyafwe mpaka na ku university”
    My mother in-law answered, “Yangu, ba Sata nabo! Nomba tukala ishiba shani ati ichi chikopo, uyu wamano?” Meaning “how are we going to tell the dull ones from those who are bright?”.
    Simple but powerful logic.

  107. 37 you are foolish and dull your mind is always tribal even when people have stopped toking about this issue you are still in it. an indication that you are backward and ignorant, traitor, you are the one who is tribal.

  108. iwe chi #23 arafat patel, we have enough of you cheapskate indians. if you want ka patel, you both go to india- bombay, calcutta where ever and take ur misery and chapati there.

  109. #29 thats what we call sensible talking. I understand why very few Lawyers think right, most of them always do and judge as the man in 1902 judged someone over a case forgeting that it is now 100 years ago and things have changed. Please Lawyers, you should be above the bar and not under the bar. Next ECZ chairperson should be LOZI or TONGA.

  110. You have talked a lot. Now go to page 12 of today’s Post.I told u yesterday. Police have swang into action. We have evidence MMD buying off voters cards in Chishimba area of Kasama. Money is exchanging hands at a very fast rate in MMD. Stinking corruption all meant to rig elections.

    Monks don’t just talk, and job! We scan. Pabwato!

  111. COME ON GUYS STOP TRIBALUSM IN THIS NATION…. BUT GUYS……
    FOCUS ON BRAINS… PIPO WHO COULD FIT INTO THOSE INSTITUTIONS ON MERIT AAND NOT tribalisticking??????????????????????????????????????????????????????
    It is barbalic and outdated to think like this……

  112. #135 I have been to North Western of late and my analysis was based on what the pipo in Solwezi and Lumwana have predicted. If u say HH will carry the day in N/Western what do reckon the % will be?

    Certain pipo have indicated that HH will get 80% of the SP votes. Is this true position?

    They is not outright win in these elections. Anytone can carry the day. By the way, I hear Sata is now in Eastern Province?

  113. i have only one question,is VJ back from SA?coz this whole business of bringing the ballots in bits reeks of his handy work!!

  114. 600,000 extra ballot papers? This’s a source of concern to a normal Zambian. I hope they (MMD) wont use the extra ballot papers for their usual tricks. Please Zambians, let’s ensure that the extra ballot papers are not distributed too. MMD, you have outlived your usefulness if at all you were once useful. out you go pls. We are tired of your uselessness

  115. the number of voters this time is by far less than the 3 point 9 million voters registered last time, how does mumba justify extra 600 sauzand ballot papers?. this is part of the so called vj tricks, be on the the look out!!

  116. No. 168, pls keep your unrealistic predictions in your dirty closet. We need development in Zambia. We need change for the better

  117. you guys and dolls are glued to LT that you dont know what is really going on in this country, especially the rural areas! people want change! they want another party IN this time. try to do some legwork for a change and may be you will come near to being analysts worth their salt! it is in the winds SATA is in whilst HH will be ripe by 2016.

  118. It seems MMD want to be in power even when they know they are not popular.But this time around a shock is on the way because even your analysis on figures from provinces wont work because we are tired.All languages are spoken in every province and schools so i dont see any tribal pattern,unless the rigger makes you believe that tribal politics are at play.

  119. #157, Sata will sweep clean the following provinces: Lusaka, Copperbelt, Northern and Luapula. He will emerge number two in the other provinces for one simple reason. He is on the ground and visiting those areas he omitted in 2006. After all, what made MMD win the 2006 election was because people had started to trust the late Levy Mwanawasa. Currently, RB and MMD have shown beyond doubt that they never supported Levy and it’s clear for all to see including the blind. If your judgment is base on 2006 trends, you better examine your whim. Why is MMD busy buying, corrupting, bribing and misusing public resources it’s the end of the world? The writing is all clear. MMD OUUUUUUUT!! Viva Sata Viva

  120. In the event that Big Nose doesnt get enough votes, the excess ballots can be used to level up the tallies. The opposition parties cant deploy election agents in all polling stations to make sure that irrigulaties dont happen. Rigging will definatelty take place.

    And for replacement cards, election day is a bad day. The cards that wont be collected will be used by ghost voters. Actually if I was hired to plan the rigging I would reprint 50 % of the cards, Since there is a fifty-fifty chance voters will turn up. I would extend voting time to allow cadres to come and vote to sway the direction using the voters card that were not collected.

  121. No. 172. what ripeness are you insinuating? You want him to ripen up in the game of lying? NO. NO pls. We wont even trod that road, We want HH now. MS has ripened in the game of lying as evidenced in the inconsistent statements he makes, yesterday, no chiness in zambia, today, chiness feel at home!!! that’s your president!! we need new blood for once on the political arena.

  122. The results from the remote parts will still not be ready on sunday 2nd November. The election agents will be tired and wont be interested in making sure that rules are being followed. Anormailies will be come up but that wont change nothing.

    Even if the opposition petition the results, by the time the courts start hearing the case RB will already have been sworn in. The petition cases will drag on beyond 2011 and by the time judgement is made it would have now turned into an academic exercise.

  123. #171 you are the one being unrealistic. The opposition is in tatters there isn no way they will unseat the man with the power of the “brown envelope” RB.

    As much as i want him out we have to live with him for another good 3 years b4 we see change.

  124. Awe mwandini twanaka nokutubepa kuliba MMD. Here in Central Province, we have vowed that it’s Sata and PF. Even Muteteka knows its very hard for them. MMD only comes here to distribute foodstuff and threaten us when it suits them. Unfortunately we have been wise enough to follow who the true leader is. Sata is the only one who spoke for the voiceless even when ba Levy was alive. We were not surprised to see them reconcile. Central Province is for Sata, tribalism has not brought us nothing. Viva PA BWATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO>

  125. Mr SATA said once in power, he would remove cut-off points so that every child should go straight into university because the cut-off points are hindering children from attaining university education.
    Now, my wife asked my mother in-law to see what her view was.
    Her question was put in bemba as my wife and my mother in-law are bemba. She said, “Mayo, ba Sata ati ngababa president, baka funyapo ama cut-off points pakweba ati bonse abana baleyafwe mpaka na ku university”
    My mother in-law answered, “Yangu, ba Sata nabo! Nomba tukala ishiba shani ati ichi chikopo, uyu wamano?” Meaning “how are we going to tell the dull ones from those who are bright?”.
    Simple but powerful logic.

  126. #180 you must learn to fight for you believe in do not be defeated b4 you are defeated. what makes you thing that in 2011 the man will have have no power of brown envelope. fight 4 wat u blive in

  127. Chi #16, which common practice all over the world we mbwa we? Don’t bring in the world in your stupid misdeeds!! I can guess in your current state, you don’t even drive your own car and later own have no idea what it takes to own a house!! Twalimishiba nimwe ba fitenge Champions!! Shame to your entire clan and family. Viva deveolpment viva Sata, Viva hard working people!!!!.

  128. ignorant # 37 HH was elected at a convertion in Lusaka at Mulungushi int’conference centre beating Saki & another chap from south afrika, while other leaders like Sata & RB have never been elected at a convention but would have been appointed by either their wifes or appoainted themseves. Ignorant chap!!! HH is the man.

  129. The MMD is the finished product in zambian politics.All they are doing corrupting people with small brown envelopes, inside is twenty pin or fifteen pin which cannot help any youth to buy or bring any developmental issues in your daily life. Please wake up and vote wisely this time

  130. Who says Sata will easily capture Lusaka like he did in 2006? HH was by then very new on the the political scene, campainged for 46 days only,but managed to beat levy in most parts of Lusaka.Lusaka residents are mature & educated and will always go for the best.

  131. PROVINCE……. VOTERS . RB.. SATA… HH….. RB… SATA… HH
    CENTRAL ….. 382,124 . 39%. 10%… 51% 149028…38212..194883
    COPPERBELT….. 625,541 . 35%. 45%… 20%….200173..281493..125108
    EASTERN…….. 499,236 . 60%. 18%… 10%….299541…89862…49923
    LUAPULA…….. 312,567 . 40%.. 50%….10%….125026..156283…31256
    LUSAKA……… 592,554 . 38%. 39%… 23%….225170..231096..136287
    NORTHERN……. 464,900 . 35%. 58%…..7%…..162715..269642…32543
    NORTH-WESTERN.. 244,655.. 20%..8%……72%…..48931…19572..176151
    SOUTHERN……..503,557.. 10%..4%……82%…..50355…10142..412916
    WESTERN……..316,095.. 11%.. 3%….. 80%…..34770….9482..252876

  132. PROVINCE……. VOTERS . RB.. SATA… HH
    CENTRAL ….. 382,124 . 39%. 10%… 51%
    COPPERBELT….. 625,541 . 35%. 45%… 20%
    EASTERN…….. 499,236 . 60%. 18%… 10%
    LUAPULA…….. 312,567 . 40%.. 50%….10%
    LUSAKA……… 592,554 . 38%. 39%… 23%
    NORTHERN……. 464,900 . 35%. 58%…..7%
    NORTH-WESTERN.. 244,655.. 20%….8%……72%
    SOUTHERN……..503,557.. 10%..4%……82%
    WESTERN……..316,095.. 11%.. 3%….. 80%
    ZM 33%….28%…..36%

  133. # 187…
    thats just the Poor Finishing(PF) language and all supporters are like that!shame on you…the boat is sinking !!!VIVA HH…

  134. if a ballot is spoiled its spoiled PERIOD!
    WHAT EVENTUALITIES IS SHE TALKING ABOUT?
    AND DO U NEED 600 000 EXTRA FOR ‘UNFORSEEN EVENTUALITIES? THAT IS TOO MUCH!

  135. #194, Anonymous!! Save yourself from a heart attack. I have friends who sympathize with HH but are objective and brave enough to acknowledge that HH does not have the following to make him President of Zed baba and have since switched over for the sake of defeating MMD. The predicted results are:
    SATA>>>>>>>>>>>49%
    RB>>>>>>>>>>>>>27%
    HH>>>>>>>>>>>>>24%

    You mark my prediction, seventeen (17) days to working for the next day!!!.
    We are in the field and not only in our strongholds but everywhere, we are sailing smoothly. Viva pa BWAAAAAAAAATTTTOOOOOOOOO!!!!

  136. Extra Ballot paper is of course a source worry but all what is required is that UPND shud have peole at every polling station and ensure that counting is done there and the result posted to ECZ and the agents to the UPND. Never allow transportation of ballot boxes to civic centres before counting coz that is the time when MMD EXCHENGES BOXES WITH ALREADY IN FAVOUR OF THEIR CANDIDATE.

    With fair and free election, HH will win squarely and fairly. VIVA HH and UPND

  137. #70 you are not a representative of the luvales and Lundas so please stop this tribal nonsense.We are a united Zambia and we will vote for the best candidate regardless of his tribe period.

  138. #192, your analysis makes a bit of sense unlike the ones exaggerated by #196. the three candidates will never have a wide margin. #196 you will a heart attach like your president

  139. The urgument by justic mumba still does not hold any water. Better destroy the extras as will make account for every printed papers. Dont play games with the zambians. Viva PF.

  140. #18, its very hot and you have made me loose my appetite for Munkoyo. listen to the pure breeds speak, atase. what do you know about rigging? we live in Zambia and we have seen it all. what happened in when Mazoka lost? they rigged, what happened in 2006?
    luckly Zambians are peace loving otherwise nga yalibeba. so just zip up your mouth!
    Ise nipa bwato chabe and you will be shocked come 30 October.

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  146. scared rabbits!This reminds me of how some monks @ campus used to behave when they see exams approaching and they realise they didn’t prepare adequately.At CBU they would want to go Jumble and at UNZA Great East Rd!People u wanted elections so elections are here just go vote and wait for results.Zambia has a population of about 11 million so no one should claim to be a ‘spokesperson’ for all the zambians.Stop and tell your cousins at the post to stop using terms such as “we the people”,”we zambians”,just express your opinion and readers will respect it.Are u worried about how much u’re spending on those chattered helicopters?I feel 4u but if i were u I’d have used the cash 2 prepare for 2011

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  148. At Planet Mars we print the exact number of ballots.On polling day the Electoral Authorities ravage through our garbage heaps for the votes casted. Its really a secret ballot as the ballots are deposited in trash cans with the other household garbage from different homes. On the appointed election day the Electoral authorities scavenge for the ballots at the garbage dumps.The Authorities recover them to compile the results of the poll. We dont have all this nonsense you have here on earth, you call democratic processes.

  149. Rigth, extra ballot papers for “unforseen eventualities”. Well, from where I am standing things are pretty clear and visible. I can forsee an attempt to rig the elections. People need to mobilize themselves and teach these jokers a lesson they should not soon forget.

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  151. no. 61 insults do not build they just show how shallow your mind is. Give me details of how elections are rigged. Zambia only started seeing accusations of rigging when the opposition in particualr Sata started claiming this. The mistake was made when we agreed to a simple majority mechanism for the Presidency meaning we can have a minority President winning. If the opposition united MMD would fall easily because MMD since 2001 has never achieved more than 50% of the vote. So again they will win because all RB needs is a simple majority

  152. YOU GUYS SITTING ABROAD HAVE NO CLUE OF WHAT GOES ON. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RIG. THE ISSUE IS IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO GET AROUND ZAMBIA AND WHAT MMD DOES IS USE ITS INCUMBENCY TO CAMPAIGN USING STATE RESOURCES IN LINE WITH THE LAW. WHAT IS NEEDED IS A NEW CONSTIUTION THAT REQUIRES THAT ALL CANDIDATES RECEIVE PUBLIC FUNDING AND THAT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MUST BE DECIDED BY A 50%+1 VOTE. AS THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY STANDS THE INCUMBENT PARTY HAS ALL THE ACES UNLESS OPPOSITION UNITED. FORGET ABOUT YOUR BOAT, IT HAS SUNK!!!

  153. ladies and gentlemen i submit to you a man set aside to rule zambia NEVERS MUMBA . i hear all of you contradicting each other. RB knows this fact. there is going to be a stage back by NEVERS MUMBA.HE IS A PRESIDENT MATERIAL

  154. MOST OF THE PIPO WHO VOTED 4 SATA IN 2006 WERE MAINLY BEMBAS AND EASTERNERS.LSK HAS A GUD NU OF EASTERNERS. TODAY WE READ IN THE POST MPENZI SAYING WE ALL WANT TO RULE.U SHUD EXPERT A GUD NU OF THE PIPO(EASTERNRES)VOTED 4 SATA TO VOTE FOR RB.U SHUD EXPECT THE VOTES SATA GOT IN 2006 FOR LSK TO GO DOWN.HIS FREIND HAVE BIN IN 5 PROVINCES BT SATA IS STILL IN NORTH.AND WE ARE REMAINING WITH 2 WIKS.HOW DO EXPERT THE PIPO OF EAST,SOU,WEST,N-WEST AND CENT TO VOTE FOR HIM.RB AND HH HAVE JOINED SATA IN NORTERN PROVINCE.THEY ARE ALL IN 1 PROVINCE.SATA IN MPULUNGU,RB MPIKA,HH NCHELENGE.

  155. THIS TIME AROUND ESPECT HH TO DO BETTER IN CENTRAL.CHIBIMBO DISTRICT HAS ABOUT 94000 VOTERS AND U FIND LENJE AND TONGAS,MUMBWA HAS ABOUT 70000 VOTERS.IN THE LAST ELECTIONS HH HUMMERED LEVY IN MUMBWA AND OUT OF 3 MPS ,HH HAS 2 AND MMD(CHITUWO).AND CLOSS TO HALF OF THE REGISTERED VOTERS ARE FOUND IN CHIBOMBO AND MUMBWA.IN KABWE U SHUD EXPERT SATA AND 2 MIYANDA DO LEAD.THEN IN KAPI WHICH IS A FARMERS DISTRICTS TOGETHER WITH MKUSHI,THE BATTLE WILL BE BTE HH AND RB. THEN OVERALL U SHUD EXPECT HH TO LEAD,2RB AND SATA.

  156. Unless they tell us that even in 2006 extra ballot papers were printed and we didnt know about this and we had unforseen eventualities. I am left with one option, RIGGING. where do the extra go at the time of voting? i mean how will the 600pin be shared among the nine provinces? lets hope they are not heading for chibombo and northwestern or eastern

  157. ANALYSISING THE ABOVE CONTRIBUTIONS I CAN SEE THAT SATA IS A THREATH BOTH TO BOTH OPPOSITION AND TO THE RULING PARTY. THEY ARE ALL OUT TO DISREGARD HIM AT ALL COST! BOTH MMD AND HH CADRES ARE FIGHTING PF!!!!

  158. UNZA PA Says? You are not from UNZA. HH will never rule Zambia. But dont hang yourself after 30 October. Read the mood in the Nation. On The Boat…On The Boat…On The Boat…On The Boat…On The Boat…On The Boat!

    The RUPO Monk@UNZA

  159. View Poll Results: Who should be our next President
    Rupiah Banda 7 25.93%
    Winright Ngondo 0 0%
    Hakainde Hichilema 12 44.44%
    Mike 2 7.41%
    Castro Chiluba 0 0%
    Michael Sata 6 22.22%
    Kenneth Kaunda 0 0%
    Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll

  160. PF bloggers, please read the daily papers and send Lusaka Times the news on the arrest by Police of several MMD cardes buying voters cards (by yesterday Kasama Police had received 30 cards arrested 5 suspects)…It is now news all over…read and post it on this blog…We are the CHAMPS! Please send the published news to all Patriots! Court cases await…together with cases for current looters of state funds!

  161. Any way we are are Zambians, maybe we neva want to change things!Honestly, one who is anti-corrupt cannot support Rupiah-for what, to perpetrate corruption?Think of your children and your children’s children.Once upon a time, Martin Luther said, “even if I knew that I would die 2moro, I would still plant a little apple tree today.” That’s the spirit we need carry-we don’t need to look for direct benefits for us change the system!

  162. RB is panicking he is putting up posters everywhere now for he knows that the cobra will strike. We are going forward ni pabwato no rigging this time.

    Vote wisely and all the best!

  163. You MMD Oso, why did you print so few extra ballot papers?You should have printed 11 million more copies on stand by you know!!We need to wipe the boys,they belong to under five category! Ba Nevers Mumba,you are a fighter,i will never be suprise wen you become president of zambia come 2011.My prayers are with you man of substance,inshimbi ni inshimbi.Let them talk while you walk their talk to the top!

  164. Engines, you are just a cheap stupid party cadre who doesnt even need space on this blog, foolish.Which MMD is going to win?All the stupid people you have mentioned are using government resources to campaign at the expense of Poverty sticken Zambians.I was in Kasama, Mansa,Mbala, Kawambwa, Mporokoso and so many places, The order of the day is abuse of government resources and you are talking about MMD wining,Thou shall not talk with such impunity.We are going to deal with the MMD if elections are rigged.Let the will of the people prevail.Dont force anyone on the people, if they want RB ,Sata of HH let them choose.

  165. Extra ballot papers hey very interesting, Have you pipo seen
    Mr Muyanda’s plead for donors for his campaign. Pipo willing to help should deposite in to his personal account, damn its so crazy asking to the pipo so publiclly, what proof will he show us that he used the monies according to what he asked for? Better yet why cant he ask the person who gave him the 20million for filling to do the rest for him.no guys who know maybe the extra papers are for him! I pitty him very much if only he had stayed away maybe it would have be more cost saving on his part….. As for sherk Banda yo he has alot on his phat mind,

  166. The 600,000 extra ballot papers are meant for which eventualities,how many people have died?how many school going children will be able to go back to places where they voted from to vote?How many people who have migrated to the mines in north western will be able to travel back to vote?Iam not against the extra ballot paers bit the numbers are just too much.Let me warn MMD nad ECZ, Zambians will not accept malpractice this time around, if it means pangas you would have pushed us too far though we are peaceful but not to be taken for granted..

  167. Many of these tuma boys writing here,they have not even seen a voters card let alone voting.so mukamba chani!
    MMD, whatever you can do,keep Sata as an attack dog!

  168. Ha ha ha ha…You are talking about rigging,oh…we have already rigged!As far as all those in support of MMD, we have the president of zambia already.Ma Election is for formality chabe.Sata, waitaya and so is HH. wetha u agree with me or yes,we are ruling par zed!

  169. Bamayo Mumba, this is good planning, you even think of ‘unforeseen eventualities’ in elections!!! What happens if these do not occur, some one will create them, tefyo? Really, with donated funds we can afford to print more papers than we need for what? Ubu ebo tutila ‘umbutushi’ If Zambia loses her peaceful record, you will have to be ready for the consequences. You need to know that gone are the days when leaders who created confsuion would sneak into neighbouring countries and live to die in peace. I personally shall follow all those who are destroying the peaceful mother Zambia. Print only what you need. Infact, there is no where in the world where they would print that big number!

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