The Mansa Central parliamentary by-election takes place today. Mansa central has a total of 88, 943 registered voters.
The Mansa Central Constituency seat fell vacant following the death of Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament (MP) Kennedy Sakeni, who was Information and Broadcasting Services minister.
The candidates vying for the parliamentary seat include Chitalu Chilufya of PF, Malama Kapolyo of MMD, Rosemary Mwiche of UPND, Alfred Mwape from FDD and Charles Mwelwa of UNIP.
Mansa District Electoral Officer David Bwalya said all was set for the successful holding of the election.
Mr Bwalya, who expressed happiness at the peaceful manner in which political parties conducted their campaigns, said everything was in place to ensure smooth voting.
“The campaigns have been peaceful and I want to commend participating political parties for the mature manner in which they have conducted themselves, especially that we have not recorded any adverse incidences this far.
“Mansa Central has nine wards with 70 polling stations against 88, 943 registered voters,” Mr Bwalya said.
He said all the voting logistics were being finalised yesterday, including the deployment of election staff to their respective polling stations.
“Just this morning, (yesterday) we had a meeting with the district political liaison committee to spell out electoral rules and regulations, so we hope all will go well,” he said.
May the best candidate WIN
Let the people’s choice prevail
ba ba amaso abena ngumbo na bena ngwena. mweshe uku votela pf, mwala chimona!!!
Good thoughts and actions can never produce bad results, bad thoughts and actions can never produce good results. People of Mansa you have demonstrated to the nation that hateful and condemnatory thoughts yields into violence.
You are a great people please teach your brothers and sisters in vubwi and petauke how to conduct peaceful elections as one Zambia one Nation.
when no cadres are ferried from lusaka or copperbelt, peace is assured. Hats off to Edgar Lungu.
I wish the female candidate Rosemary Mwiche all the best. Be the first female MP for Mansa. Viva Mwiche! Viva UPND!
Can’t wait to see whats in the new constitution on bye election vs waste of national resources
It should be treasonable.
Democracy is about majority and representation and it is not cheap. Try Dictorship.
Ni pa bwato chabe………. ushering in another foolish temporal MP. Ni Zee
Mansa is PF strong hold and we do not expect suprises, though looking at unfulfilled promises, violence by PF cadres else where, removal of subsidy , succession wrangles , bloated cabinet and insults in sensitized communities PF would not see this one through. all the same may the best person win
Prevailing situation at KCM:
1. They are selling all inventory including sensitive spares without leaving any spare to support the operations
2. Scrap is being sold like nomans business
3. They have started closing all the running contracts especially under projects
4. Konkola Deep Mining Project (KDMP) has been stopped and no contractor to be on site after 30th November 2013
I’ll keep updating you…..
Iyi yena yesu ba PF. no mater what this is our seat, even if it means ukusenda amapanga tulesenda, ngawa tupa ulesheta amapepala.
There will be a re-run if 50+1 will not be met in Mansa, twalakumanina pa Chembe or is it Mwanawasa Bridge?
If mansa people were a bit more sophisticated in their thinking, they would use this opportunity to show their frustration with the current confuison in governement.
Bawesu alale mwebo! Natu mfwa ati baka Bova babwela no bufi tekwesha ukubika voti yenu pali bakabova! iyi embila nkwete iya lelo .
Vote wisely so that you are not insulted again. you can be poor but you are not prostitutes. you are better of using pit-latrines than the Ngoni’s who go into the bush accompanied by pigs.
Remember our FTJ Chiluba, man of respect and wisdom he is no more. if he was alive he wouldn’t have allowed them to come and cheat you again.
VIVA Liver POOL icalo ca busaka!
Fwebo kuno nafwe tulefwayafye abakwesu capwa.
Can you say PF is a violent party ?I don’t think people in Mansa can vote for any other party,personally PF is doing fine have done lot for Zambia within a very short period well done PF MULIBAKALI