THE MMD has scooped nine local government seats unopposed in Western, Southern and Eastern provinces following failure by the opposition to raise the mandatory nine supporters ahead of the September 20, 2011 tripartite elections.
The MMD has won five seats in Eastern Province and two others in Western Province unopposed. The Patriotic Front (PF) only won one ward in Western Province where the adoption certificate for the MMD candidate delayed to arrive.
MMD Eastern Province chairperson for women’s affairs Dorothy Phiri and her counterpart in Western Province Namatama Mupo confirmed the developments in separate interviews yesterday.
In Southern Province, MMD candidate Golliath Hankomba scooped unopposed the Mwanza East Ward in Moomba Constituency, according to Southern Province MMD chairperson Edgar Keembe.
Ms Mupo, in an interview from Mongu, said a PF cadre Charles Liswaniso told The Post newspaper a lie in yesterday’s lead story that the opposition party had won two seats when it only got Lweti Ward following
the successful but late filing of the nomination by the MMD candidate Nasilele Lusangu for Lulang’unyi Ward which they claimed to have been won by the PF unopposed.
She said the MMD is the one that had scooped two wards in a constituency in Shang’ombo District where the MMD is fielding Mubika Mubika at parliamentary level.
Ms Mupo said the MMD proposed to the Returning Officer in Lweti to allow its candidate to file as an independent but the returning officer was hostile and refused despite the law allowing individuals to file in that capacity even if they belonged to a political party.
In Eastern Province, the MMD scooped five wards after the opposition struggled to find nine supporters until the nominations were concluded.
The ward seats won by the MMD in Eastern Province include Kazimule in Luangeni, Ng’ongwe in Kasenengwa, Ambizi in Nyima, Mwangazi also in Nyimba and Nsefu in Malambo Constituency.
In Kalabo Central Constituency in Western Province, the PF failed to field candidates in Likona and Ng’uma wards and also in Sikongo’s Mwenyi Ward.
There is also no PF candidate in Siluwe Ward in Liuwa Constituency where only the MMD and United Party for National Development (UPND) managed to field candidates.
Meanwhile, Mr Keembe said the UPND was set to lose several seats to the MMD in Southern Province because the mood had changed while the PF was non-existent which has forced the party to leave out several ward seats to the ruling party and UPND.
In an another development, MMD Western Province chairperson Simasiku Namakando said the announcement by PF president Michael Sata that he would use late president Levy Mwanawasa’s vision to improve the welfare of the Lenje people in Chisamba shows that the PF does not have a vision of their own for Zambia.
In Chiyeke Kakoma Ward in Chavuma’s North-Western Province, the MMD also scooped the seat unopposed.
Former Energy minister Kenneth Konga said the opposition failed to find candidates to contest the seat until the nominations closed.
Mr Konga said the win shows how disorganised the opposition political parties were and predicted that they would lose terribly in the province.
And UPND candidate Taulino Sakala won Mbuzi Ward in Vubwi Constituency in Eastern Province where the candidate for the MMD did not have the adoption certificate until the nominations closed.
The opposition party has also won the Chilumba Ward in Mpulungu through Joshua Simuchenje.
Mr Namakando said Mr Sata should remember that the late president did not have any vision for the Lenje people but had a vision for the whole Zambia.
He reminded Mr Sata that he was the one who fought the late president and opposed everything that he did and wondered how he could now appreciate the vision which he opposed when the late president was alive.
[Times of Zambia]
MMD is now leading the 2011 polls without the PVT!!!!!!!!!
SO WHY DID THE POST DO A SCREANING HEADLINE IN YESTERDAY’S EDITION??????? MUSHOTA, DO YOU NOW SEE WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID THE MEDIA IN ZAMBIA IS A DISGRACE
Chwee Chwee Chwee
Wapya munzi, wina zalila, this election
In rural areas wards count very little and in fact it is MMD which has failed to decentralize the running of councils and the local government Ministry is very poorly funded, Councils have had no salaries for the last in some cases 5 months. Whom will they vote for?
useless analysis. Wynter was busy celebrating how PF has made in-roads into Western Province jst yesterday, Wat r u talking about?
GROW UP YOU PF USELESS SUPPORTERS. WHATS IN YOUR HEADS. WHEN THINGS ARE IN YOUR WAY, YOU SHOUT AND WHOLE WORRLD HEARS, WHEN ITS YOUR FRIENDS, YOU PLAY DOWN.
Shame to the PF and The Post. They were busy yapping wit a screaming headline that the PF has already won 2 ward seats in Western when infact its just 1 seat while the MMD has 9 already, with UPND having 2.pwahahahahaha……guess they are dying of shame in their hearts
Biased reporting…..thats time of Banda, Just wait u will be suprised…
PF ……….. wawa
Yesterday Kabimba was celebrating saying that they were going to win because they got 2 wards…. and yet it is only one. Now MMD has 9, who is winning? Nafuti nafuti.
They will die from heart attacks.
But why is the Post and the so called PF so desparate?
Times of MMD—biased reporting!
So what was that nonsense headline in the PaFwaka newspaper? News reaching me is that MMD & UPND have won more ward seats so far because of failure by other candidates to file in their nominations.
Someone rightly blogged “Ukutangila tekufika” in response to PF claiming the two wards seats indicated a march to forming government. I will add “he who laughs last…..” Finish it yourselves. But yet this is only the begining and noone has to claim arriving yet. 9 is rather something to smile about when someone laughed loud for two in the limited context.
I Always say this again and again………..Sata will Never be President of The Republic of Zambia. Even PF supporters know that deep down their hears.
I am very sorry to say this but the Truth Pains the Most…
The POST NEWSPAPER, and its LIES, what can you TELL US NOW, YOU LIARS. CAN YOU WRITE SOMETHING TO CORRECT YOUR LIES.Â
Chwe chwe chwe chwe chwe
PF must be very careful with the post newspaper because they will be very disappointed with the outcome of the election results. UPND won seats in Eastern province when we were told PF has penetrated eastern province. So far UPND and MMD won many seats. So why the post newspapers  spreading lies because it concerns PF. You can UPND won in Mpulungu areas. So PF must wake up, I can see the battle between UPND and MMD not PF. Northern and Luapula provinces will go to MMD.
Capturing rabits and rats. 33 days to go.
SATA is a mole for MMD because PF stands for PANKOLOKO FOREVER.Sata is desperate to come back to MMD.Winter should take it from there.
UPND were very careful, they were fielding in areas they thought they can win. Even HH, he is going to constituencies he knows UPND can win easily. UPND will take all the seats in southern 19, in north-western, they will have 11, in western 10 and in central province they will have 9 and Lusaka 5 seats, in the copperbelt, they have 3 seats and eastern 1 seat. However, these are just my assessments does not represent the assessment of UPND but they will have more seats..
Hahaha! Shame on the Post and Wynter Kabimba! The elections are way from done and you were celebrating one council seat! And shme to those PF Kaponyas that are now saying ‘that local government seats are in rural areas! We will show you again, that us, the rural voters make the government in Zambia.
Mwanama this is SATA’S TIME…. U BUFFOONS
I don’t see a party winning if it can fail to just have 9 supporters for filing nominations who will vote for them if they don’t even have a minimal number of 9 at PF has scooped 2 kanshi ni one.The hour has come and has come to stay Chwee Chwee Chweee
MMD IS WINNING FINISHED. TRUTH, KWASILA, MPWA, NO MORE. UPND WILL BE SECOND. THE REST WILL SHARE. I DONT ANY MORE UNDERSTAND THE POST.
Aba bene ba PAST NEWSPAPERS why are they not updating their daily nonsense kanshi.i understand all the boys in IT fled.so fwebali mu mumpanga we are missing their comedy kanshi.but uku ekuwa.kale you could read the PAST ast early as 02:30hrs
Sata’s suporters are a very weird lot, they still believe he can be presdo even after losing thrice mostly all on account of no manifesto. They can’t return to the drawing board and produce something sensible. The only change in strategy is don’t kubeba and now door to door. Sorry thats not enough for RB. The man is now on facebook you cant catch him!! VIVA RB nafutu nafuti!!
Did the Post create the story or they just reported what Winther said?The truth is PF never had a swat in western province now have.
Kalu####### WHAT ARE TRYING TO SAY MY FRIEND???? I CANT GET THAT ENGLISH. OR IS IT ONLY TOUGHT IN PF???? OR KAPONYA ENGLISH?????
PF 1 MMD 9 Who is the victor here?
The battle,yes, is btwin MMD n UPND pf wit mwakasata trail bhind this is the patern this year. Dont 4ce the aged into this job it can b very precarious 2yo health.
MMD WINNING WILL MEAN CORRUPTION WILL KILL This country young pipo will be ones 2luz bcoz no job creation under corrupt power hungry elements. It’s disapointing graduates a suffering due to the corrupt government wich fails 2facilitate employment opotunities in our country. We shal only b free wen mmd’s removed frm power.
The Time news paper is not reporting the truth. the PF won tow wards and it has been confirmed by the returning officer today afternoon. the MMD failed to fill nominations in three ward in sikongo. i come from sikongo and was at the council today.
1.Sata will never be president of this country.For sure himself knows it…Vote for R
#14, BETTERS my man, You are Wise.