The Zambia Police (ZP) has reiterated its commitment to enforce law and order in the forth-coming by elections in Livingstone and Mpongwe constituencies.
Police Spokesperson, Elizabeth Kanjela says police were adequately prepared to maintain law and order, adding that anyone that would be seen propagating messages or acts of hate and provocation would not be tolerated but would face the wrath of the law.
Ms Kanjela told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that she could not disclose the numbers of police officers that would be deployed to each constituency but that security would be enhanced.
She appealed to the community in the two constituencies to work hand in hand with the police in ensuring that the elections are violence-free.
Ms Kanjela said success in the operation in both constituencies would be dependent upon how the electorates in Mpongwe and Livingstone would conduct themselves during and after the by elections.
She said the police would not tolerate any individual that would try to incite people to cause violence and bring unnecessary tension.
The Livingstone Central seat fell vacant after the resignation of Rev Howard Sikwela from UPND last month while the Mpongwe seat was declared vacant after the resignation of former MMD Member of Parliament, Gabriel Namulambe, to join the Patriotic Front (PF).
The two by elections would be held on 28th February this year.
ZANIS
We are tired of all bye elections. We need to make the rules tougher for people like Namulambe to jump from one party to the other. They must pay the cost of the bye election. This is govt money that can be used to build a road, a clinic somewhere. As a poor nation our democracy has a lot to pr
ove. I know PF are smiling right now but at another time MMD or UPND or UNIP will be smiling. Let make rules for Zambia. Namulambe should not be a candidate at all. If the people vote him back in then the people are to blame for the corruption in our political system.
namulambe is a curse…..
make sure you tame the unruly pf cadres who behave like sperms that you ejaculate..when masturbating..
Just wondering whether the police is putting in reactive or proactive measures in place, coz the tone of the statement is not very clear…
Where is Kanjela, she just left the hat?
Can someone tell me what happened to the Mkushi North bye elections we have been waiting since April 2012.
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