The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Election Observer mission , says they are ready to deploy about 25 election observers. The first team of SADC observers is already in the country ahead of the fourth coming presidential by-elections on October 30 this year.
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of the kingdom of Swaziland and head of the SADC Electoral Observer mission Dr Jonh Kunene said the number is expected to increase to more than 100 observers at the SADC secretariat in Gaborone.
Dr Kunene said this is in compliance with the SADC principles and guidelines governing Democratic Elections.
He said this at the official launch of the SADC Electoral Observer Mission for the presidential by-election at Cresta golf view in Lusaka today.
Dr. Kunene noted that once as administrative and logistical arrangements are finalized the mission would deploy these observers throughout the country.
He pointed out that the mission will ensure success the SADC electoral observers w ill not work in isolation during the their tour of duty.
Dr Kunene said the mission will interact and maintain constant working relations with the electoral authorities as well as other missions deployed in the county.
He however said the SADC mission was not in the country to mange the electoral process but to observer the management and conduct the noble cause.
Dr kunenue emphasized that the SADC Observers will ensure they operate within the SADC frame work of the SADC Principles and guidelines governing Democratic elections as well as the constitution and the electoral laws of Zambia.
And executive secretary of SADC DR Tomaz Salomao in his remarks said the aim of the a representational mix is to ensure that an inclusive involvement of all stakeholders to the electoral processes.
Dr Salomao further noted that in deployment the mission will cooperate and interact with other deployed missions of local and international observers , local civil society and non-governmental organization NGOs observing the electoral process.
He however noted that the wider deployment of the mission facilitates a more accurate assessment of the national political environment and helps the makes to make a balanced report about the electoral process.
ENDS AH/ZANIS/LSK
PA BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!
YOU DIDN’T DO A GOOD JOB IN ZIMBABWE. WE EXPECT YOU TO KEEP YOUR EYS OPENS THS TIME AROUND,MWAUMFWA BA KWINDI?
Ba shetani imwe you failed to solve the Zimbabwe i issue don’t bring confusion here. Zambia is above SADC in democracy. We will allow you but be professional the way you handle things. B a muselela kwakaba.
SEND SOME OF THESE GUYS TO THE PRESS BRIEFING PA 15HRS SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO WITNESS WHATS IN THAT TRUCK
‘SADC Election Observers start flying in’ sounds like they really can fly.
ICHINTU CHINTU UMWENE,we welcome you to our motherland and you should stay focused and not engage yourselves in promiscuity with our beautiful women,mwaumfwa?
They are on paid holiday
More videos of LPM’s funeral i have found all videos so will post more up until the funeral or i will skip the other parts and send the burial videos These are the last 2 parts from the unedited DVD 1 and there is 4 of them RIP LPM
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SADC observers my foot???just after allowances you guys failed the people from ZIM….you already know that RB and his team will steal our votes as usual….please we ned that money for development!!!!
Do your work 100% otherwise muzakainde namabamba. Promise you.
This is a step in the right direction. Maybe the hysteria will now minimise with the arrival of the independent observers.
Mabamba muzakaibala kuno if you do some shirt, do your job accordingly and don’t get excited with money, you will have your salaries ready mwaunfwa.
nilemba namuchinyanja manje, do your work accorndingly not with the RB way mwanvela.
GUYS PA ZED, IS THIS PRESS BRIEFING ON OR WHAT? BA QFM ARE JUST PLAYING GANGSTA MUZIK.
Welcome SADC observers. These elections will be free and fair.
Countdown: 13 days and we are counting.
There is only a little time remaining for His Excellence to-be Sir ecHi ecHi take Zambia to another level. Michaha alubotele ki ecHi ecHi.
Thanks once more for the wounderful job that SADC is doing , SADC one love.
Pep-c.
#15 we are together boyi, one love to HH, the smart guy who knows the way to lead the Zambian national. HH is our pride when proud.
One Zambian One Nation is our motto, One love to HH guys mwela oonse fye, HH tulekufwaya boyi, rescue us in the world of Information Technology In Zambia. HH pakuboko HH akwanza, HH pakwanja.
HH is the man he is the man oh yes he is the man. Pep-c love.
SADC elections observers/tourists are crap.Where ever they have gone they have failed to make an impact.
#14, Chaka Zulu. If u ar not in Zambia, how are you accessing QFM. I’ll follow your instructions in order to get this station.ndifye mupepi pa south, but i don’t know how to get MUVI, Phoenix or QFM.
Cheers
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH is the man, come what bane. You willl find HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it the president of Zambia, Beat this boyi.
Thanks #17,18. Zambnia will be an icon very soon if ecHi ecHi takes over Presidential duties of our Great Nation. I am ready to serve in Zambian any form, except corrupt, under the “ecHi-ecHi” administration.
Our Children have only under two weeks enjoy what we enjoyed under KK. KK mentioned I think last week thorugh one of his grandsons that “Capitalism can not work for Zambia, but combining our efforts to uplift every Zambian”.
“United we stand, divide we fall” – The United Party for National Development.
Countdown: 13 days and we are counting.
Wakalipyidde Munzi, ino bana maumi alibonya.
Thanks #17,18. Zambnia will be an icon very soon if ecHi ecHi takes over Presidential duties of our Great Nation. I am ready to serve in Zambian any form, except corrupt, under the “ecHi-ecHi” administration.
Our Children have only under two weeks enjoy what we enjoyed under KK. KK mentioned I think last week thorugh one of his grandsons that “Capitalism can not work for Zambia, but combining our efforts to uplift every Zambian”.
“United we stand, divide we fall” – The United Party for National Development.
Countdown: 13 days and we are counting.
Maanzi yabwela muma-townships, anthu a-Zambia.
If they couldnt do anything in Zimbabwe, what can they do Pa ZED. Hope they will do their part proffessionally. WATCH IT.
Let them jst stay in their respective countries.They failed Zimbabwe.We dont want useless power sharing deals.
HH VOTE FOR THE FUTURE NOT THE PAST.
NKOTE TAKANA
I continue urging Micheal Chilufya Sata to endorse ‘ecHi-ecHi’ before it is too late for him as he will be a political-exclude in 2 weeks times if not careful.
New Zambian ecHi-ecHi Administration to-be as on 4th November 2008
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President Hakainde Hichilema
Vice President Richard Kapita
Prime Minister Patrick Chisanga
Finance Minister Fundanga
Commerce Minister Ng’andu Magande
Information Minister Emmanual Mulenga (Nominated MP)
Science & Technology Minister Habaatwa Mweene
Labour Minister Edith Nawakwi
Defense Minister Brig. Gen. G. Miyanda
… more later ….
Countdown fever: 13 days and we are counting.
25 only how many polling stations do we have?
Gentlemen there is Proffessor Frank Tembo(Former dean of Mines UNZA)now a Director at Gemstome Processing and Lapiditary Training Centre who was caught red-handed having s.ex with a married woman.he was badly beaten and he died this afternoon at Wusakili Mine Hospital.Too bad for the proffessor,but malibu yaku ilombela.
These so called observers do not even do anything, what observations? Things started happening a long time ago and even if they come into the country, if MMD wants to rig they will and nothing they can and their voice is not even heard or respected. Besides they support the Govt of the day. They are just there for formalities sake anyway!
“Mr. Hichilema say’s Northern Province was vast and as such, it deserved a University to cater for the growing number of pupils completing their secondary education in the area.
He told ZANIS in an interview that the move would further help to decongest the three public Universities in the country.
Mr. Hichilema also said his party values education as it was key to Zambia’s sustainable development.” Source: http://www.znbc.co.zm
I continue urging Micheal Chilufya Sata to endorse ‘ecHi-ecHi’ before it is too late for him as he will be a political-exclude in 2 weeks times if not careful.
Countdown to a better Zambian life: 13 days and we are counting
‘ecHi-ecHi’
@#28 BREAKING NEWS where is that news. Post the link so we may see the news.
Thank God you have started flying in. But I doubt if some overzealous parties will graciously accept defeat. Thay have already started fabricating stories about some truck with ballot papers that has disappered just to have some ground to break peoples property during the first week of November. Nevertheless thanx for flying in.
Useless. If they couldnt see anything wrong with ZANU-PF pipo killing MDC voters, what can they see in Zed?
Or maybe they just observe without saying or doing anything?
Lets hope these people will do a better job than what they did in Zimbabwe
These gurs are jokers, but lets give them a chance, imwe truck ilikwisa?
SADC observers are just a bunch of id.iots and time wasters. Ask Zimbabweans. They are still creaking from the incompetence of the same SADC.
These are just spectaters
FOLKS STOP DREAMING.SATA CANNOT ENDORSE HH. THERE IS VICTORY FOR PF AHEAD. DO NOT COLLAPSE AFTER OCTOBER 30. PABWATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
#3 Botswana is above comes 1st then Zambia in terms of African Democracy; and giving credit where it is due, they became democratic at independence(1966) I guess. Though Zambia is on the trail these two countries shall be the beacon of Africa, not forgetting south Africa if the move wisely too.
Oh! and Lets vote wisely; Remember a President must not be overzealous, nor too engulfed with themselves. We need balance and integrity, plus vision to use pople and resources around him. Vote wisely.