The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set Tuesday, August 19, 2014, as the date on which parliamentary by- elections for Mangango constituency in Western province will be held.
The by- election comes after the nullification of the election of MMD’s Robert Taundi Chiseke by the Supreme Court on May 19, 2014 on grounds that his election was fraught with electoral malpractices.
Patriotic Front losing candidate Richard Simbula petitioned the election of Chiseke alleging illegal and corrupt practices.
Until the nullification of his seat, Chiseke served as Deputy Minister for Commerce, Trade and Industry.
ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna announced the dates in Lusaka today in a media statement released to ZANIS.
Mr Akufuna said aspiring candidates wishing to contest the by-elections should fill in nominations on Thursday July 10, 2014.
He also said 20 local government wards by-elections from five provinces will also be held on the same date.
The ward elections will be held in Central, Copperbelt, Luapula, Southern and Western provinces following deaths, resignations and convictions of some councillors.
The ECZ has advised media and non-governmental organisations wishing to monitor the elections to apply for accreditation from ECZ Offices from Saturday July 6 to August 15 2014, while accreditations for political parties has been restricted to only 10 officials per political party.
The campaign period is set to commence from Thursday July 10 after the nominations and end on Monday August 18, 2014 at 18:00 hours.
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HH 2016! Haleisa Haleisa take this seat! Campaign more sir!
was in shoprite. every price in its tens has gone up by around K10 and every price in it’s ones has gone up by an average K1. Example: Potatoes used to be K30 they are now K40. I used to have at least a little bit of change from my monthly budget however, this month I HAVE GOT A BUDGET DEFICIT! SATA-NOMICS AND CHIKWA-NOMICS NOT WORKING FOR US! CORRECT THE 2011 MISTAKE PLEEEEEEASE!
Plz can you ask HH to start telling us wht he is going to do. if he starts that he will have more pipo following him. More and more pipo are saying this. i really want him to come out on this. Remember in the time of Mazoka, UPND even used to have a shadow cabinet and they could even issue a parrallel budget to that one the minister of finance used to present in parliament. He won the elections except they stole votes from him. PF did the same. They were making promises….lower taxes, more money in pockets etc although these things have not worked. HH should begin to do the same. Otherwise what ever he is doing is a pipe dream. Iam personaly tired of him just critisising govt.
@Kenny Just wake up and listen to the solutions HH is always giving freely every time he speaks. Either you are so dumb or are a pathetic liar.
Just yesterday, he wrote a letter on the demolishing of houses by PF. You will find a lot of solutions in that letter.
1. UPND govt will not condone illegality on land issues.
2 In the event of such happening, UPND govt will move in quickly to save the illegal settlers from wasting any more of their hard earned income.
3 If a house has been built already, UPND govt WILL NOT COME AT MIDNIGHT to demolish the house but WILL HUMANELY ENGAGE and AMICABLY RESETTLE the illegal settlers before demolishing.
4. The UPND govt WILL HAVE A PLAN and govern according to that plan
Just work harder iwe ngwele. Change kwisa.