The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set Thursday November 24 as the date for Parliamentary bye-elections in three constituencies and 35 wards.
The three constituencies include Chongwe where newly elected MMD MP Japhen Mwakalombe resigned and Nakonde where the PF candidate John Siame died before the election.
The other constituency is Magoye where the National Movement for Progress candidate Willie Malambo also died before the September 20 polls.
ECZ Public Relations Manager Cris Akufuna says the Commission has set November one as the date for the filling in of nominations.
Mr Akufuna says aspiring candidates will be required to pay 5-hundred thousand kwacha and that all the candidates should carry with them nine supporters.
He says aspiring candidates who had earlier paid their nomination fees and were validly nominated will not pay the fees except for Chongwe.
ZNBC
southern province give sata an mp from there so that this tribal tag can be broken.
Can Nothern province or Luapula give HH or Milupi an MP there? It’s only tribal if it’s the other way round. *****
I predict a landslide victory for Ms. masebo.
#1,
you are a good thinker! It is not Presidents or political parties that choose to be tribal, but the voters that make Presidents or political parties look tribal by the way we vote.
No more crooked ballot paper 24 November. Bye bye corrupt SA company!
For God`s sake they are not bye-elections! Jesus! Other than may be Chongwe, these can never be called bye-elections ba LT!
Yet we used to be called ba Kaponya on this site by the powers that were at the time.
I also wondered why Magoye and Nakonde could have bye-elections!!!!!!!
Who set the date between ECZ and the Prseident? It seems ECZ is just repeating the announcement by the President made on Saturday.
JAPHEN MWAKALOMBE FOR MAGOYE
Who from the opposition MMD will have the courage to stand in Chongwe? maybe Siulapwa will try this time!!
Chongwe will be PF (Masebo)..No contest for RB or HH…By the way is Patrick Mwanawsa PM…anyone with infor…pls share with the gallery..
For the first time am so disappointed with Sata for talking about the date when the parliamentary bye-elections will be held in the three constituencies. Does it mean that ECZ consults the president before it sets the date? If that is the case, then the new constitution should look into this issue and make ECZ autonomous. It should be free from the Executive. I may not blame Sata on this matter wholly because our current constitution gives too much powers to the republican president. However, Sata should also learn to act like a president and know what to talk about in the public. This is a big disappointment for my president but this does not mean that I will stop supporting him. So far he is still better than others and he is scoring big in several areas. Viva PF.Â
Hey which bye-elections?
I just read “Nakonde where the PF candidate John Siame died before the election”. Is this Dr John Siame who worked at Misanfu Agriculture Research station in Kasama or just of similar name? RIP.
@ #1 Chriszo, Can Nothern province or Luapula give HH or Milupi an MP there? It’s only tribal if it’s the other way round. Idi*t
At 11, No this was Colonel John Siame, former Regional Commander at Zambia Army in Kasama. Great man and terrible loss for Zambia. May the kind Lord by his grace continue comforting the family. MHSRIEP