The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has scoped the Mangango seat after its candidate Rodgers Lingweshi polled 3,109 votes.
The PF candidate was followed by his closest rival Godwin Putu of the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) who managed to get 2,375 votes
ADD’s Naluwa Mwene was in third position with 623 votes, UNIP’s candidate Janet Chingumbe was fourth with 375 votes; MMD’s Charles Mwenzala was firth with 136 and Fourth Revolution Party’s candidate Mukumbuta Kabuyana was in sixth position with 31 votes.
Mangango constituency has seven wards with 33 polling stations and 17,157 registered voters.
Out of the registered 17,157 voters, a total of 6, 471 votes were cast with about 60 votes rejected and about 10, 686 did not cast their votes.
Mr. Lingweshi served as a former civil leader in the previous UNIP and MMD government as a Councillor for Mangango Central Ward.
The Mangango seat fell vacant following the nullification of Robert Chiseke who also former Commerce Deputy Minister.
Meanwhile the UPND has managed to get Namando Ward in Luampa District while the PF gets Luampa Ward.
PF’s David Kahulu in the Luampa Local Government by Election has scooped the seat with 726 votes with UPND’s David Njamba as a run up with 575 votes.
And UNIP’s Nyumbu Chipango trailed with 30 votes respectively.
Meanwhile, UPND’s Mwiya Mundenge has scooped Namando Ward with 275 votes with his closest rival Katupisha Yambwana polling 262 votes while ADD’s Christopher Muchima only managed to get 17 votes.
Announcing the results at Luampa Primary School this morning around 01:00 hours, Returning Officer Peter Mulenga declared Mr Kahulu (PF) as a winner for Luampa Ward while Mr Mundenge (UPND) for Namando.
Mr. Mulenga said 11 for Luampa Ward and seven for Namando were rejected while there was no disputed ballot paper in the voting exercise.
At the time of announcements of results there was no candidate or party supporter as they were threatened by heavy presence of police officers at the totalling centre.
The campaign period was characterised by violence from UPND and PF carders chiefly in Luampa Ward.
Luampa Ward fell vacant after the death of MMD Councillor Mr. Makawyanga Chinyemba while Namando became vacant after the death of PF councillor Shishau Muthala.
Lesa ni malyotola. Congrats PF. This is clear testimony that the people of Zambia appreciate the developmental agenda being driven by PF. To Mr. HH kindly tone down, your vulgar language lives much to be desired and you have put a lot of people off like me. I do not think I can ever support you with that display of vulgar language. Be civil. Leadership is of God. I am sure you have been taught a great lesson.
MMD is dead, this could be confirmation of what Dora Siliya’s sentiments.
What vulgarities did or does HH utter?
Of course, like your PF leaders, you have no ability to perceive that this is a sham victory. You can not always cheat, time does catch. In a general election will not manage to recruit thugs across the country. Ask the MMD!
PF 1:0 intellectuals……surely PF machinery did their homework.With all the intimidation,police force behind them etc.The Zambian intellectuals need to stop sitting behind their computers and help secure seats for the opposition.Only the intellectuals know what a disaster PF is in government. The MP’s who are voted in by less than 30% of electorates will determine policy and laws in the country.
PF nimbama ! Iyi twaitemwa mwe.
PF ! PF ! PF glad that Zambians have finally seen through Hakainde`s cheap politics,attention seeking and lies.2016 is for PF to lose
The Mapatizya formula did not work in Mangango! Prepare for nationwide losses in 2016. You are busy talking while we are busy tarring roads, building universities, schools, stabalising the economy.
The little tonga site (watch puppy) cannot let everybody post there comments freely and yet they are here on lusaka times and tumfweko commenting freely. If you know that the crap you put on your site is real and convincing, open up your little site so that everyone, including those with divergent views from yours, comment freely instead of lying to yourselves that you’re popular. NONSENSE!!!
Things aren’t always what they seem. PF used the police to RIG THE ELECTIONS!
A LESSON TO UPND AND MMD. THIS IS A CLEAR TESTIMONY OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATE WHAT PF IS DOING COUNTRY WIDE AND WILL NOT BE SWAYED BY THE NOISE OF ”NEW CONSTITUTION” FROM THE OPPOSITION AND THE SO CALLED NGOs AND SOME CHURCH ORGANISATION THAT JUST WANT TO DESTABILISE OUR NATION.
PEOPLE IN THE RURAL AREAS ARE VERY INTELLIGENT, THEY KNOW WHAT MATTERS UNLIKE SOME INTELLECTUALS IN CITIES WHO KNOW NOTHING EXCEPT MAKE NOISE ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION.
THE FACT THAT PF WON WITHOUT EVEN SATA STEPPING TO THE PODIUM TO CAMPAIGN SHOWS HOW SOLID PF IS BECOMING EACH DAY. YES PF MIGHT HAVE IT’S OWN CHALLENGES BUT IT IS MATURING EACH DAY, IT TOOK MMD 20 YRS. IT WAS PROBABLY GOOD FOR GBM TO HAVE LEFT PF AS IT HAS BROUGHT SOME PEACE AND STABILITY TO THE PARTY. THUMBS UP!! PF
Congratulations are in order. Just a question: will the president be able to file nominations from State House? Mmmh!
In fact, the other issue is the Nkoya vs Luvale. The Nkoya’s want to rebel against the litunga thats why they voted for their fellow Nkoya. If the PF candidate had stood on UNIP he would still have won.
Arrogance cant win you votes and the results speak for themselves….
The people have spoken and lets get back to work, serving the people with the unprecedented development taking place across the country.
Congrats PF
HH does not use vulgar language consult your dictionary and learn to reasonable. UPND is actually getting better. There’s no need to be too excited and irrational in your statement. In fact the father of vulgar language is known by the majority of Zambians.
HH and his tribal party have been taught a lesson ,that troll WANZELU has gone into hiding. Lolest
People of mangango thank you for rejecting the Freemason ,devil worshiper, the Privatisation thief.
I can`t stop dancing. We have really wired the under 5 chaps. They started building Castles in the air.
Congratulations fi PF.
Does your MP speak English?
I do hope UPND can learn something from this loss in Mangango. They should never overrate themselves and think Zambians do not appreciate the work of the PF countrywide. Let them tone down on their cheap rhetoric of disparaging the good works of the PF and also learn to engage Zambians countrywide – with humility!
Pabwato, viva PF!!!! A thunderous silence from the minions of the hungry hyena.. This result will be reflected in 2016 so abena ndobo, nostradomas, 142, dudelove, fakeengineeraustralia, and the other cretins (you know yourselves) you UPND hyenas should just continue dreaming because you will never get to plot one..
Congrats to PF, but if its true that UPND supporters were intimidated through kidnappings, arrest of the leaders, firing gunshots to scare them from voting and Pf using DCs to campaign then UPND MUST petition the results in the courts of law.
UPND ARE JUST A VIOLENT PARTY. THEIR LEADERS HAS COMPLETELY LOST HOPE OF PLOT 1 AND HAS RESORTED TO SPONSORING VIOLENCE. THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA ARE NOT BLIND- THEY CAN SEE THROUGH HH’s NAPPIES EVEN IF THEY ARE HEAVILY SOILED UP.
10, 686 registered voters did not cast their votes. From 17, 157 people who registered to vote, only 6,471 did so. There is no way PF cadres would abscond voting, with PF police as well as Judge Ngoma unleashed at the helm of violence, its no wonder PF won on flimsy and violent grounds.
If 6,471 voted and 60 were rejected, then there is are 118 missing voters and not counted towards all those registered. Where are the 118 votes?
Stupendous indeed, 10, 686 people of Barotseland didn’t and shunned the PF et al, this in itself is a contingent upon an imperative form of message, that don’t mess with the people of Barotseland.
Just imagine if ? the absconded 10,686 voted and the “missing” 118 votes, that would be a landmark victory!
Poor Finishing (PF), 3,109 out of 17,157 only, good…
We have wired the Under 5s and I hope they sober up. And it shall be the same come 2016. We have done it without our chief campainger stepping out of state house. This just shows the depth in PF and also how you how PF has now become an institution in Zambia. Despite all the progapagnada on a Tonga led ZWD, UPND has bitten the dust. Now start your rigging execuses console your selves and your perpetual loser Ichilema Akainde
THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE GOOD AT- RIGGING EXCUSES EVEN IF THEY ARE THE ONES BEHIND INTIMIDATING VOTERS. PF PROJECTS WILL BE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE PARTY.
People have been urging UPND and MMD to work together but all that has been happening are bickerings and self positioning. Even rigging wouldn’t make an impact if UPND and MMD are united and strong. UPND and MMD need to wake up otherwise in 2016 it may be the same situation. God bless Zambia.
A massive 62% of the registered voters didn’t vote… that’s really bad whichever party you support. The question is why?
These are illiterate and uninformed voters and that in itself is not something to celebrate. And why weren’t opposition members present during the announcement of the results?
You call 3,109 votes for PF out of the massive 17,157 wiring? More than 10,686 DIDN’T vote at all and this should be a clear message to PF that, nothing is left yous, only crumbs’. Therefore, more than 14,048 opted not to be poor finishers (PF).
Elections and Politics my dear are quantitatively inclined, thus about numbers of membership.
As an analyst, 3,109 votes for a party in power, from 17,157 casted votes should be I’m afraid, a worry. Numbers, remember, it’s about numbers if any political party world over.
Our country is fast transforming itself into a graveyard for democracy. The 10,800 people who did not vote out of a total of 17,157 registered voters tell the story of the extent of violence and intimidation in our elections. With the PF in power I can assure you the victims of voter violence will exceed that of the Ebola outbreak!
It appears there are more ghost voters than “real” registered voters. ECZ needs to clean up the voter registers to reflect the reality on the ground..
Don’t delude yourself. Even in 2011 only 7,000 cast their votes in Mangango out of 17,000 representing 44% voter turnout. Was there violence in 2011 in Mangango?
Welcome to the Mugabe Formula ! Zambia shall bleed to the drop…slowly. Cry the lost land…
Chissano described Zambia as one of the fastest growing economies in the world as it had reduced its dependence on copper exports using a diversified agriculture sector.
“When I came to know Zambia, it was just known as a copper country. But the diversification the country has initiated into other sectors such as agriculture has shown the people that wealth is in their hands,” he said.
And Chissano urged Zambians to cherish and celebrate the golden jubilee with wisdom.
Same difference, as far as parliament numbers are concerned; the seat was in any case, effectively, a PF one. So much apathy, yet so much split votes for the opposition!People do not see any meaning in voting during these byes, so those motivated by money, etc, from the ruling party tend to turn out in full, while the rest of the opposition, other than die-hards stay away, hence such figures. Opposition needs to know their die-hards and nurture them in such byes. On the other hand, MMD should now disband, as they will lose all their precious seats to PF or UPND. Or they should find their rightful place in the mix of other smaller parties.
Congrats to PF. People of Mangango that is how it should be. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. Let PF work in the mean time because we have seen what is happening that MMD failed to do apart from selling whatever UNIP put in place!!!
Crap, such a sham win!
It took massive vote buying , intimidation, violence and bringing-in refugees from other places, for PF to win the seat. In a general election PF will not manage to use such uncivilized tactics, and so PF will lose so many seats. Typical of retards, they are just masking their weaknesses which will blow up in their faces, ask the MMD!!
Or let`s if PF will manage to use their uncivilized tactics in the up coming 5 by-elections.
Lelo, lelo, lelo, lelo. Time of reckoning for under 5 is now. Please buy more diapers for the under 5. He must be having diarrhea write now. Please take him to the clinic.
Learn to concede defeat when it comes. You were bragging that UPND is now more popular than before when the truth is that it has remained static. Out of these 6 by elections including Mangango UPND will only win 1 seat (Zambezi West) which they already defended in 2011.
Ndipo chakubaba, kekekekekekekeke!!!
It has come to pass. I can now return home safely and take some rest. It was hectic for me monitoring this by-election in this remote area of the country.
The people of Mangango are not exception for the massive developments and transformation the country is experiencing under the PF. Most of the Zambian have seen unprecedented developmental works. Congrats the SC and team.
Haleya haleya, what’s your excuse this time? I have always told you that social media politics is so decieving.most of these guys that post stories on different blogs are just cheating you.they are not on the ground to know what people want.mangongo has done a don’t kubeba on you,after the nights and money you spent there.
PF IS A PARTY OF PROGRESS. NOW LET US GET KASENENGWA, VUMBWI. I M EDGING THE CANDIDATE FOR KASENENGWA WHO WAS REPLACED AT THE LAST MINUTE TO COME AND SUPPORT HIS FELLOW. HIS NAME IS CHARLES BANDA. WE ARE AWAITING FOR YOU HERE AS PEOPLE ON THE GROUND ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WE HEAR YOU WERE INFORMED LATE TO COME TO LUSAKA.PLEASE COME
Surely who do you blame for putting deadwood such as this candidate into National Assembly…this old man will not be able to travel to and from Lusaka to his constituents on a regular bases. This is what I mean when I say people in Zambia are too docile easily bribed even with their own game meat will do for them, so long as the electorate start voting in candidates based on policies & not political parties we will NEVER move forward. The disorganised opposition still does not know their strengths and weaknesses…that 600 votes difference would have been easily covered through alliances but alas opposition themselves are just greedy.
How do you lose to a Party with an absentee, sickly, frail leader? You only have yourselves to blame and if you do not come together forget about 2016.
That is the problem of you under 5 supporters and members. You are insulting the electorate. It is not the ‘boys’ and ‘girls’ who vote. It is the people you are calling dead woods. I have said it before that most of us on this blog do not even vote but cheer the voters. We make the loudest noise. Aluyeni Mangango.
What a sweet surprise! Most of us were resigned to PF losing the seat because of the hype on the internet. The Katuba elections were equally violent but because UPND won there was no intimidation. What has happened to the African culture where old age is revered?
Zambians are not only docile but also political imbeciles. They easily get fooled and intimidated especially by the current brutal regime. We need some serious change of our mind set.
Just wait, there will be another by-election as the old man is already suffering from cancer of the balls!
Flight HH2016 has gone missing.
CORRECTION What I mean is that so long as people are voting candidates based on their political parties instead of policies or what they will bring to the table we will never move forward.
Whatever gives you the impression I have any political affiliation only god knows. ..ignore those impostors on social media misusing my name who joined yesterday.
While you guys are busy liking watchdog statuses and asking silly questions like were is Ba Sata, people out there are seeing roads and schools and hospitals come up and every single civil servant is paid well and on time and right now we all wana work for boma…..I mean if you can get hammered by funny looking characters like this dude, then there is something seriously wrong………..I THINK A REALITY CHECK FOR UPND WILL DO…..(NO OFFENCE MEANT)
BUT building infrastructure is the basic reason you pay tax just like a police officer gets paid to uphold the law. If people like you with access to technology are unable to know that then what of the poor villagers in Mangango.
Jay Jay, I assume you are too young to know the history of Zambian infrastructure development.. When the Arabs increased the price of oil tenfold and the price of copper went down in 1974 funds for infrastructure development dried up despite the fact that people continued paying taxes. Zambia borrowed big to sustain the huge government and party payroll and to keep the price of commodities low. The only infrastructure under construction was the UNIP party Headquarters and some money was deducted from civil servants salaries towards its construction. Under the MMD there was little infrastructure development mostly financed by donors such as JiCA. RB funded the the building of infrastructure a month before the elections but by then the die was cast .
@Jay you are right, its the duty of the government to develop infrastructure. It therefore no brainer that if the government are performing their duties they should be retained. Therefore the PF are doing what is expected of them which is fine.
Congratulations PF for the job well done- Kaoma has spoken. For MMD, sorry folks looks like your place is now the archives. For UPND, your spin doctors need to do more on your communication front. Too much one way propaganda chokes-that is what made RB to lose the general elections. Ensure there is always a human touch to criticism (brotherliness, humour etc.), acknowledge your political opponent (not enemy) and never, never under rate them.
well said brother tell them
Congrats PF. Kaoma people are known to have always supported parties in power.
For UPND, work lays ahead.
Don’t worry UPND. You still have chances to win in other by elections. Infact PF candidate is too old, people of Mangango will realise after too late
There is need for UPND supporters to worry. UPND will only win 1 seat (Zambezi West) out of the coming 5 by elections slated for September. UPND stands no chance to win the other 4 constituencies.
By the way each party should take an audit; its acceleration or deceleration rate in this by-election compared to the last general elections.
Dear UPND STOP insulting Bembas if you want to rule this country. you are so blind to see the massive development going on in the country. Come 2016 you will be third in the opposition as the new powerful opposition from the East is coming soon.
Shame to you Haleisa Haleisa.
Mr Man HOW do yu bring in bembas in mangango vote? you just want bembas to hate HH right?
Congrats PF, upnd we accept defeat for the sake of democracy but am not conviced,,SOMEONE SOMEWHERE rigged mangango. For now we only have two political parties to wrestle power PF and UPND..forget about MMD………….
UPND is no different from MMD. As a matter of facts, MMD is number 2 in popularity. UPND is only in Monze district.
CONGATS PF CAMPAIGN TEAM AND THE MANGANGO CONSTITUENCY PEOPLE FOR THE WORK WELL DONE. THIS IS AS IT SHOULD BE. THE WRITING IS IN BLACK AND WHITE ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN EVERY CORNER OF ZAMBIA AND THAT YOU CAN’T TAKE AWAY FROM PF GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE REALLY WORKING. ONCE AGAIN BIG UP TO THE VICE PRESIDENT’S TEAM IN MANGANGO.
Terrible Leadership in Zambia OLD chaps like this ONE don’t have anything to OFFER
jealous bane accept defeat ba up and down
Want Ngwee, democracy is flourishing and bearing fruits. Just because your UPND lost a by election then democracy is in the graveyard. Sorry mate. Your ranting shows. How bitter and selfish you are. People die and move around and as such it’s the rights of them whether to go and vote or remain wherever they are. You are worst loser and who thought UPND will win but stumbled and fall short of the political manoeuvres and ideologies that are people’s driven. Violence and intimidation and extremist within UPND is worse. Can any moderate UPND accept to have Tekere banda as political advisor a man known for violence and bloodshed to advise your president on what? UPND needs self reflection and soul searching.
Lesson is that the Opposition needs to unite in all forthcoming bye -elections and ahead of the 2016 elections. Otherwise Zambia is doomed. It is high time MMD and UPND leaders put their personal ambitions and differences aside and put Zambia first.
THE LESSON WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS ELECTION AND IT’S RESULTS IS THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT PF IS CHANGING THE COUNTRY’S LANDSCAPE- THEY ARE DEVELOPING THE COUNTRY REGARDLESS OF WHICH PART OF THE COUNTRY, PF ARE THE ONLY PARTY IN ZAMBIA THAT ARE CARRYING OUT THESE DEVELOPMENTS FAR AWAY FROM GENERAL AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. OTHER LESSONS ARE THAT VIOLENCE CAN NEVER WIN UPND A VOTE AND FINALLY THAT UPND IS FINISHED UNDER HH.
Unhappy ,results for this poor development in country because of this government
The under 5 has been wired by the so called old man. the candidate beaten by such a man surely should NEVER even attempt politics. he is finished. We told you, maturity matters.
Congratulations PF. You win some you lose some. As my man Jay Jay has said, this should be an eye opener to UPND coz that is the only opposition around now. Mangango should have been in the bag for them despite the intimidation and violence, this is something they should have factored in to their strategy. Anyways, that is how the game goes. They need to do better in the remaining By-elections.
UPND carry on we are behide you.Just wait PF is going nowhere.
THAT’S WHY THEY (UPND) ARE LOSING BECAUSE YOU ARE BEHIND THE PARTY. THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA (PF SUPPTERS IN SHORT) ARE WITH THE PARTY AND NOT BEHIND THE PARTY. BEING BEHIND IS BEING COWARDS BECAUSE WHEN THERE’S SOMETHING THREATENING YOU RUN AWAY WITHOUT THE PARTY NOTICING THAT YOU HAVE ABANDONED IT. VIVA PF SUPPORTERS. KEEP ON BEING WITH THE PARTY.
For as long as you hate Sata and PF, you will never accept him as your president. Lelo, Lesa alamona. The more you hate him, the more he does well and with him or without him the PF is the party of 2016 and beyond. Just join the party for development, love and justice. The entire country is witnessing unprecedented development. If you can’t see that then you are simply a hypocrite and will die of BP in 2016.
Congratulations PF and people of Mangango.The UPND is a violent party.They had no message apart from threatening and beating up their rivals.As for ADD you are doing well but please get on the ground and spread your message.You are only in parts of Western Province.
The MMD is finished as Dora put it.Honestly how can a former holder of the seat and fomer ruling party lose by such a wide margin.Coming fifthy out of six in fact they were last because the sixth candidate was not adopted by his party.Shame upon ba Mumba.Go back to church bakamba otherwise mu 2016 mukasebana.
Once more congratulations to the people of Mangango that is the way to go.
PF temunobe and it will be more force to recon with when Winter is fired….he is the nail in the boat trying to perforate the boat.
I am shocked to say the least what has happened to UPND to loose to PF, with the mess in which PF is. Internal wrangles, no plans, dirt cities and villages, high cost of living, the lies, no constitution, pangas flying all over and the list is endless. UPND I think next time do more on the choice of candidate, I look at the young man you put up and I was not convinced.
Congratulation PF you worked very hard. One thing I have observed is that you man has greatly improved from the one we so on nominations. You have really empowered the fella. please PF you can do better by attending to some of the issues raised. Democracy has won. stay blessed.
Wao! PF has won in Barotseland…alamwandi delivering is a good political strategy. The PF are doing wonders for Zambia ka. Congratulations and my best wishes to the president – get well soon and develop this mother land.
My heart bleeds for my country which has turned into a Jurassic Park full of ancient species. All those who followed the happenings in Mangango will come to the inescapable conclusion that PF desperately needed to win that seat and had to use all the tricks up their collective sleeves backed by the intimidating police. This particular election is a mirror image of the Livingstone one albeit on a smaller scale where violence reigned supreme and opposition leaders were arrested on trumped up charges. What or who will save us from this brutal regime? People of Mangango, why, why, why?
haleya haleya up nd down zwazwazwa
People in kaoma voted for pf because they hate the noise from the Lozis about succession . This should put this talk about succession to rest as even if they was a referendum the core Lozis would lose .
it is a timely lesson fo UPND to know that being successful in business or accumulating a lot of wealth does not necessarily make one a good political leader. pls UPND cadres on ths blog come out of yo fools paradise now befo u suffer frm heart attack or strok in 2016. by the way even if PF had lost mangango & were to lose all the upcoming by-electns they wd stil win 2016 general elections with land slide margin. move around to appreciate the unparalleled developmntl progms of thePF. Viva President Sata, Viva PF! u re a blessg to mother zambia
Great staff PF…… u r wonderful
Bashininkisha nomba ama critics. the works pf is doing are speaking for themselves. mr sata is truly a man of action. Zambia has changed within a short time. tiyetiye mdala. long live micheal chilufya sata and the entire pf adminstration…….
PF will easily win in 2016 , even without Sata , or even when you pair HH and Kabimba . Those who just sit behind a Computer keyboard and complain of high cost of living , should one day travel to their villages (if they have any) and appreciate what Sata is doing in rebuilding the roads KK constructed. For food to cost less, it has to be easily be transported from rural places to urban because in Lusaka , we don’t grow food and its only wise to start working on roads then afterwards, the economic development HH and his educated colleagues are talking about will follow. You cant grow the economy in Lusaka, or copperbelt because the market is saturated , you need to open up the countryside.
Congratulations to the PF for winning this one as it was very hard for them in the absence of His Excellency physically going to Mangango to beef up the campaign. As for UPND and the rest time to even work harder and work on any weaknesses that lost you the votes. As for me for as long as the opposition are fragmented I will always maintain that the ruling party has an advantage to win. Zambia is too small to have this large number of parties that stand for elections. To the most we need three strong parties including the party in government.
Again congrats PF.
HH has been shown a muscle. You can’t attempt to play a tackle against a strong muscle. You risk bumping into it and get tossed like a tissue paper. The fo0ls in the f00ls paradise were all over heralding UPND victory. What is the reality now? The fact is PF has done a lot in terms of development across the country in a short period of nearly three years. To deliberately pay a blind eye to developmental strides the government has made in this short time is indeed to subscribe to f00lish politics. UPND and HH behalved like little f00ls during the campaigns.
It is the predominant NKOYAs in the constituency who voted. I do not think the LOZIs or the MBUNDAS gave PF a vote!
So what is your point? In London it is blacks who give Labour a vote and Labour wins. That is democracy I am afraid.
Come 2016, I will not vote. I don’t see myself voting for either UPND or PF
Awe guys baminaya. this is what we say, online politics do not take you anywhere, face the facts , that guy does not even know what twitter is .. He will think he is been called.
As expected UPND are crying foul and they will do the same in 2016. If you can’t even win Mangango what chance have you got in Lusaka, Copperbelt, the North etc.?
UPND will be demolished in 2016.It does not pay to have a leader such as HH who always claims Bemba’s in Lusaka and Copperbelt are the ones who make PF to win in these provinces. In 2001 Anderson Mazoka amassed 79,000 votes in Lusaka but recently in 2011 HH only got 45,000 in the same province. Was Anderson Mazoka bemba? HH should just concede that he is simply not popular as he does not appeal to the masses.
The Infrastructure Train is gaining speed as it approaching 2016, sweeping everyone along. Not even the personal attacks on WK and childish politics of HH will stop it. Nay.
Now I believe that MMD is finished. I thought people were disatisified with the PF kanshi these guys are still popular??? why shud I continue the hating when its only Kabimba and Kambwili I don’t like, from today ts viva PF
With this outcome in the just ended Mangango bye election, Just wondering if UPND will ever exist after 2016. am seeing a lot of squabbles within UPND to who takes over affairs of the Party after so many embarrassment from HH.
Go to UPND site(ZWD) and read the hallucinations going on. The loss in Mangango by UPND have made them to conclude that HH is popular but is not being supported by his MP’s and that Winston Chibwe has past his best and therefore must be replaced. In other words UPND has conceded defeat ahead of the 2016 polls.
Most of the usual UPND-ZWD paid up bloggers are conspicuously missing from this site today. Only a few have feebly made some comments on the victory of PF. JayJay and dudelove have made some rational comments though. The diaspora bloggers in support of HH and UPND should learn a lesson from the results of Mangango bye-election that while they depend on their cronies to give them information about state of affairs in Zambia, much of that information could be greatly misleading.
By Manowa Kampila
There are a number of lessons to be learnt from the Managango election results but for time saving I will point out a few.
1. It has been learnt that time is gone when Lusaka would decide who becomes the peoples representative in rural areas. The old man Lingweshi was the people’s choice and being a listening party, PF adopted him. This is the man that has lived almost all his life in Mangango. This is the man the people of Mangongo trust and not any other young man.
2. We have also learnt that facebook politics and popularity is deceiving. We had a series of opinion polls circulating on the Social Media with predetermined results indicating that the ruling party has lost ground. Others even did the unthinkable by conducting an opinion poll on Mangango when…
when most of the voters in Managango have never even heard of Facebook.
3. It has also been learnt that we cannot under estimate the effect of infrastructure development on voters. People in rural areas do appreciate development. These are people that have grown thinking that for one to see tarred roads and experience electricity they have to travel to town. They are now seeing all these things brought to their door step. With the current massive development, Michael Sata can even win an election without stepping a foot out of State House.
4. We have also learnt that opposition must learn to measure their popularity accurately. Not everyone that attends those rallies is a voter. Most of the time serious voters don’t even have time for rallies as they make their minds on who to…
to vote for based on real issues and not political noise.
5.We have been taught that political violence attracts no voters. Political tactics of terror is long gone and will never work. It died with UNIP days. Zambians are peace loving people hence they are sending a message that violence is a primitive way of doing politics. Why should people send carders from Lusaka to go and cause chaos in rural areas? Embarrassingly some of these are members of parliament.
Yes, Yes PF has bought votes and rigged this election, by building schools, hospitals, clinics, good roads.
People in Mangango have no problem with the price of mealie meal. They have enough food. There’s cassava, sweet potatoes etc, etc. They need lights, roads hospitals, etc. Only PF can give them this
CONGRATULATIONS PF
so ,, another old , finished , illiterate papa has gone to parliament to formulate laws and policy, my word !!!!!
congrats pf as a party !!!
but the caliber of the parliamentarian leaves much to be desired..
this question has bothered me for ages, ‘why are intellectuals less loved when they enter politics?
seems like politics in Zambia is for docile and dummies , who have just a skill of articulation..
oooooosh… naleka ukulanda mayo, am not educated as well..
otherwise , one love, and one zed.
Hon. Lingweshi is a former school headmaster. He has contributed educating masses in Mangongo. Kay, do not mislead the bloggers and/or blog from without.
you mean yamfwa mukanga, emmanuel chenda and wilbur simusa to name a few are illiterate and old???
This has been thrilling! Democracy in Zambia has returned a well deserved winner! Congratulations PF. A RESOUNDING win At approximately 734 more votes than the UPND chap in 2nd place. MMD 5th out of 6, clearly need to rethink policies and discuss Leadership fitness. To be unseated to 5th place, that is to come 2nd last from 1st is a clear message of non performance and fading loyalties. Concur 38. Far too many party’s, fragments votes, but that’s multiparty Politics. The only issue was the violence, but congratulations to Police/IG for monitoring and being firm on violence. As for UPND, Leadership change would do you a world of change. You need something to remove the negative charisma of HH. The quiet, diplomatic but strong in delivery Nalumango winning ticket.
Well done Mangango! this is the right way to go. (HH) and his childish herd have just began their downward spiral to hell. abash Freemasonry and tribalism. Reject them and shame them. as for MMD it’s like a dead horse awaiting burial. meanwhile it’s being flogged
Disagree with critics on age of candidates. I believe this reflects our cultural ways. We respect our elders. In this case PF chose their candidate well. He has a long record of service in the area and influence. Being young and overly educated is not necessarily a winning condition. Appealing to voters is. What is very disappointing, is the low numbers who turned out to vote out of the total voting numbers. Maybe the violence kept them away.
People are now taking notice of PF achievements as one infrastructure project after another start taking shape. UPND and MMD must be panicking….
Under 5 awa chik-ala !!!
Thanks UPND as you seem to raise in your numbers.You won Kafulafuta,Katuba,Solwezi west and Lukulu and you are coming out second in these elections.This means you are on the right track.The government machinery was in Kaoma come 2016,this scenario will change as each candidate will stand on its own.
Thanks UPND do not give up come up with new strategies more over mangango was not your seat.
What is the difference in numbers please
The difference in numbers is 34,000 less votes in Lusaka Province for UPND. In 2001 Anderson Mazoka amassed 79,000 votes in Lusaka while HH only got 45,000 votes in 2011 giving a difference of 34,000 lesser votes in Lusaka for UPND.
Breaking News – flight HH2016 has crash landed and that their are few survivors. It lost contact with ladder this morning in mangango the pilot was Capt J Shakafuswa and some of the survivors were taken to a nearby hosipital aboard freight PF2016
Nice one Sefula boy. thank you for the update. Just one question, has the pilot been injured and if so what type of injury? Kikikikikikiki hehehehehe hahahaha. hingombe hilede.
Did they find the Black Box?
They thought by fielding their fellow under 5 they would win the seat? Under 5s are in the habit of insulting us madalas. We may be old but very wise. Condolences under 5 for your defeat. Stop saying ‘old people, old rugs etc’. It is the old women who come in numbers to vote not girls. The young ones are busy drinking and sexing.
In a Savonga Ward bye-election the results are as follows:
UPND 129
UNIP 46
PF 34
MMD 5
The margin between UPND and PF is so big. It shows that Southern Province is still under the spell of HH. The province needs prayers to be delivered from demons. This confirms my assertion that Southern Province is Zambia for HH and his minions. For them the provinces of their Zambia are as follows:
Mazabuka- Northern Province
Chikankata – Muchinga Province
Monze – Luapula Province
Choma – Central Province
Namwala – Northwestern province
Kazungula- Western Province
Kalomo- Copperbelt Province
Gwembe – Eastern Province
Zimba -Lusaka Province
Congratulations to PF for scoping the Mangango parliamentary seat. In 2011 PF candidate got 770 votes only out of the 7,584 votes cast. In yesterday’s by-elections, their candidate pulled 3,109 votes meaning PF’s popularity has increased by 2,339 votes. MMD is finished in Mangango. Remember their man (Maseko) got 3136 in 2011 but in this by-election MMDs candidate received 136 votes only. They have lost 3,000 votes in total, 2,339 has gone to PF and the rest to the other parties. UPND’s popularity in Mangango is almost static. In 2011 their candidate got 2,389 and in yesterday’s by-election, their man got 2,375 votes, 15 less than in 2011.
Dear bloggers, these results tell a story. For a researcher, if you take a step backward, you will see that mathematically, if all parties put their weight on one part say UPND or MMD whichever you wish to decide, all those votes (UPND +MMD+UNIP+ADP )=3,509 against FF 3109. This tells you that a combined opposition could have scooped the seat. But Selfishness on all opposition.
Let me tell you that, PF will never release the peoples driven constitution because it has seen the weakness and will aim at riding on this to hold on to power. so opposition should swallow the pride and unite like the way we did to remove UNIP
Congrat to the pf,it was a sweet victory to us a party.even without our father of the party,we manage to win the election this is encouraging to us a party
Hakaivotela Humwine (HH)! Pa Bwato. Congrats PF.
nothing to congratulate these thugs they lock up campaign managers, they use docile police to intimidate people ,
HH IS STILL the most popular president of the opposition in zambia , the PF is not going anywhere, they cheat themselves with this rigging of this by election.
ROADS constraction is not the reason they have won mangango, they have rigged this election with the importation of some voters from somewhere,
UPND should not worry about this dirty victory, these *****s are packing in 2016. let them celebrate
All MMD mps should reposition them selves to leave the party it is not going anywhere, infact i would love that DORA SILIYA STOOD on UPND, TOGETHER WITH VICTORIA KALIMA
Learn to concede defeat .HH is only popular to bloggers like yourself and not to the general populous. If you can’t handle a single by election defeat like Mangango how are you going to cope with the disastrous performance of UPND in the 2016 polls? Be strong.
Ok but this is living in proper denial
Where are those guys who like insulting Sata and PF. Its very strange today they have not uttered a word. Its unusual.
They are licking their wounds. Expect them to come in full force anytime.
Congratulations to the PF on their convincing Mangango victory. I hope this will stimulate your Facebook president to come out of hiding and start behaving like a normal head of state.
Seems the fog has cleared for the London Eye to see.
UPND has past its best . In 2001 Anderson Mazoka got 79,000 votes in Lusaka while 10 years later in 2011 HH only managed to get 45,000 votes from the same province. UPND must seriously decide whether another candidate with more national appeal and reasonable degree of humility such as Gary Nkombo could be an alternative to HH ahead of the 2016 polls.
Congratulations to PF by hook or crook u managed to win . Unfortunately even Maradona’s hand of a God still made England win. I am surprised but impressed. HH needs new alliances , Take a leaf from Kenya . Uhuru Kenyatta would have lost if he did not offer Rutto and almost equal foot at the Table . HH needs to invest in building bridges with Sakwiba and also Milupi to get the West vote. He needs to court GBM who will fall out with Kabimba in a post Sata era. He needs Kavindele for Northwest . If he goes it alone . He will be rigged out of. 2016. He also needs to talk to Vernon Mwanga as an elder. I want to vote for him but we need others
Why can’t UPND simply adopt a more popular candidate than them engaging the horde of names you are suggesting? How did Micheal Sata of PF manage to single handedly win the 2011 polls even when MMD chief rigger (V.J) was 100% awake?
@ End Game: HH has been and continues to be his own worst enemy. His voracious appetite for power has been at the center of his misfortunes. The bridges you are suggesting he builds, he may, under extreme desperation, end-up building them, but only as a means to an end. But most of the people you have mentioned are too smart to want to be used so exploitatively.
Maradona hand of God made Argentina win not England
Where is: Chi Engineer (Australia), Chi Wnzelu, Chi Ndobo, Chi Ganja Smoker, Chi Nistrodomus, etc? You see, you have been taught a lesson. As I always say, you UPND and MMD chaps win on internet but on the ground awe sure mwee. Learn to be humble. God brought in Sata for a reason.
I was just about to ask the same question! Have UPND conceded defeat yet or are they still looking for a scapegoat?
Hehehehehehe. Na chi OLD RUGS OUT. Who is sh&@£1ng their pants now? Pobo!
The problem is Halenya Halenya.
This was shadow boxing for UPND. PF fought for survival in Mangango while slanting on their knees. That they survived the scare does not speak too well of the main opposition party. As for MMD, I think Dora Siliya was right. The former ruling party is as good as dead.
UPND is fearing Mwaliteta and hope he will not be made in charge of any more by elections by PF. He did a single in the Livingstone bye-election and has now done a double with the Mangango one. Mwaliteta comes from a humble background and knows how to beg for votes from the electorate. He may do a treble against UPND if he is made campaign manager in 1 of the 5 bye-elections slated for September 2014.
You seem to have nailed it down. Many a time, politics is more about leading an effective campaign strategy. There is no question that PF had an edge in that respect in Mangango. Further, the election out-come is a testimony that, though seemingly mortally wounded from friendly fire, PF are still a force to be reckoned with. How amazing!
Congrats PF for carrying the day.
Wanzelu has gone in keyboard hibernation. Ranting and hallucinations have engulfed the violent and extremist party led by Hungry Hyena. Lessons are that Sat is mature and seasoned politician wait for 2016 and see his true colours. The insults and death wish by UPND sponsored cadre wanzu who thinks through his maginery self deception HH at state house . The hate is their drink and genetic composition. Now the hired thug Shikafwasha has crashed and brought misery. There is need to change and tone down their pomposity .
Congrats,PF!!! That’s how it is!!!
For one reason and one reason only, namely PF’s naked adherence to tribalism, I have never been and can never be a PF fan. However, UPND’s wobbly exit from the Mangango election, makes me wonder if the opposition is reading PF’s score card correctly. Yes, the president may be sick. And that is an eyesore. Nonetheless, PF’s score card with the general public may not be terribly bad after all. UPND has to hatch a better winning formula to really pull it off against PF in 2016.
You too are not reading the writing on the wall! Or you still convince yourself that UPND is not the most tribal party in Zambian politics. Once UPND shakes off the tribal tag they have on them and actually start addressing issues affecting our people maybe then they will have a better chance in 2016. Simply put UPND needs a new strategy ASAP. And whilst you are at it get new leaders HH, Siakalima et al are not doing UPND any favours.
@Chekov: I do concur with your sentiments. However, please note that what UPND is suffering from is the stigma of tribalism. In PF we are seeing tribalism live. In this respect, PF is akin to a live volcano while in UPND tribalism is dormant. UPND’s struggle is against a negative image that was created at some point in time.
During Mazoka’s time, UPND did not have that tag of tribalism. It came afterwards. Along with it, came the misfortunes, from which the party is yet to recover. Unfortunately, the UPND leadership lack the skill of how to deal with a negative image. PF, on the other hand, has always been and still remains tribal.
Now, do I condone the tribalism in UPND? Certainly not. Unlike PF, however, UPND as a party, has not adopted tribalism as a policy.
‘…pull it off’? Not in Zambia, bwana UPND carder. It will never happen, in 2016 or any other year. That’s how it is!!!
Congratulations to those of us Zambians in Mangango who have won and Congratulations to us Zambians in Mangango who have lost this election. Remember there is only one winner at any one particular time and there is no race if there is only one person. All of us who participated we made the race possible even if victory is always in favour of the swift. Because we all participated we made the race possible and ultimately became achievers of democracy. That achievement is winning in itself . Congratulations Zambians
FORMER Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano was yesterday shocked at Zambia’s infrustructure development recorded since the last time he visited the country.
Speaking shortly after he arrived at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, Chissano said Zambia had now surpassed his country in terms of infrastructure development.
“Last time I came to Zambia, this place was a bush. We couldn’t even see the roads clearly and we used to get lost as we tried to visit Dr (Kenneth) Kaunda’s house,” Chissano said, prompting affirmative nods from his country’s High Commissioner Jeronimo Chivavi and foreign affairs permanent secretary, George Zulu who welcomed him.
Chissano said Zambia had a lot to show for as the country celebrates its golden jubilee in October.
Who is the man in red shirt?
I miss my President,Sata,if only i can be allowed to visit him where ever he is