PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has hailed the Patriotic Front (PF) leadership in Lusaka for conducting peaceful campaigns ahead of today’s parliamentary by elections in Chawama constituency.
Mr Lungu said he was very happy with the manner his party conducted campaigns in all three constituencies.
There have never been any incidences of violence or intimidation recorded in all three constituencies where by elections are taking place today. Chawama, Masaiti and Senga Hill constituencies have all recorded peaceful campaigns.
“That’s how it should be, you have been very peaceful. I want to thank you for that and please continue being peaceful even after winning don’t mock the losers just celebrate in peace,” Mr Lungu said after arriving at Andrew Mwenya polling station shortly before casting his vote.
He was speaking to PF Lusaka province youth chairman Kennedy Kamba who was flanked by the PF Chawama candidate Lawrence Sichalwe, Matero MP Miles Sampa and Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President Stephen Kampyongo.
President Lungu cast his vote around 0945 shortly after arrival.
And PF candidate Lawrence Sichalwe said he is confident of winning the seat that fell vacant after the area MP Edgar Lungu was elected republican president on 20 January 2015.
“I am confident of getting this seat because the opposition has been building castles in the air with their campaigns,” he said.
Mr Sichalwe added that if elected he will continue with the projects he started as a councillor with the major one being the construction of the drainage into blue water that will mitigate the flooding Chawama experiences during the rainy season.
the classroom you are voting from your excellence is demanding to be up grade to the levels of schools you take your grandchildren to. You only like the poor for their votes chapwa.
If anybody was ever in doubt that political violence in Zambia was orchestrated by the PF party, there is your answer. When PF is peaceful, there in no political violence. It desisted from violence in these bye elections and there has been peace and given a part in the back by the President. A blatant admission from the highest official of the PF party as to who was the culprit.
@1 VERY GOOD OBSERVATION. I ALSO THOUGHT ALONG THE SAME LINES. REALLY, ZAMBIANS MUST CULTIVATE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THESE INSTITUTIONS. WE KNOW AT LEAST PF HAS IMPLEMENTED SO MUCH BUT STILL MUCH LEAVES TO BE DESIRED.
Shocking!
Its time PF become peaceful. The people have been exhausted by PF regrettable cadres with their axes & pangas dehumanizing people with diverse operations.
No more ANARCHY! But for how long? Hoping forever. Good luck to all the candidates, nevertheless the, great wishes & win for the opposition.
The Skeleton Key
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Are those his fellow widowers watching him cast his votes? Why does he always surround himself with widowers?
WHO IS HE IN OUR COUNTRY?
CARE TAKER OR A DOOR MAT
THOUGHT THE PRESIDENT FOR ZAMBIA AND PF IS RB
WHO ARE YOU ?
TRUE PF WHO IS HE TALKING ABOUT THE PEACEFUL CAMPAIGN?
JUDAS ISCARIOT WHO SOLD JESUS FOR FEW SHILLINGS
NIWE NANI IWE TULEFWAYA UKUKWISHIBA
WHY IS ALL ONLINE NOT SHOWN US THE TURNOUT OF VOTERS ?
WE WANTED TO SEE HOW PIPO HAVE BEEN VOTING .
VERY TIRED OF THIS USELESS ELECTIONS FROM 2011
AWE MWE
WAITING FOR GILES YAMBA YAMBA
PETER MUMBA
AND CHAWAMA UPND
US TRUE PF
WE ARE SUPPORTING HH NOT RB
Guys – this hatred will kill you. ECL will continue to make progress whilst you continue hating. The train left the station in January – get it!!!!
Violence went with gbm masebo and summer kibamba
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu casts his voting at Andrew Mwenya Polling Station in Lusaka’s John Howard Township on April 15,2015. …….. 15th is tomorrow te?
Kekekeke ekekekekekeee pwaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!Okay this editor is an id!ot for sure!
Imagine voting in advance…This is rigging…15th April, 2015 is tomorrow ba LT!
Thanks Edgar for acknowledging that PF has been the perpetrator of violence and everyone else was merely defending themselves. Yes indeed, keep that spirit because there will never be violence as long as the PF stops violence. Good show
It was the campaign managers’ initiative, they worked together, put up thier different political party posters together without any confrontations. Big up to Miles Sampa and the other guys for showing maturity during the campaigns!
What ha s happened to Miles Sampa’s taxi initiative for the call boys? Does he not want to be president anymore? It’s hot and lonely up there
The statement below clearly shows that PF is the one which has been in the fore front of violence during elections. A clear admission by EL
“PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has hailed the Patriotic Front (PF) leadership in Lusaka for conducting peaceful campaigns ahead of today’s parliamentary by elections in Chawama constituency.
Violence is lying in peace at Embassy Park….! I remember the famous chawama bye election in the 90s….uja mudala!
wina aza lila,importing cadres ,it ll not work.People from Chawama are tired of bad roads full of pool of water.
It’s time the message was sent clear by voting for UPND.
WOW! Shocking!
Its time PF become peaceful. The people have been exhausted by PF regrettable cadres with their axes & pangas dehumanizing people with diverse operations.
No more ANARCHY! But for how long? Hoping forever. Good luck to all the candidates, nevertheless the, great wishes & win for the opposition.
The Skeleton Key
~206~
The carders did not have the energy to lift pangas because of poverty in the country. No energy to fight.
So is this classroom part of PF’s development they have been bragging about? Shame! Renovating the classroom will cost not cost much.
So it turns out the classrooms in Lusaka look exactly the same as those in Chipata where I attended primary school. And the many years since my days have not changed anything for the better.
I want to find out the credibility of this media the so called Watchdog do they have trained journalist ? I have said so because of all the time they just report on two things PF and Edgar Lungu .if they report on something still edgar should be there. Hildah Malama tell your media to change people shortly will stop visiting this site it is becoming boring. That is why they now writing boza because they have run out of stories.
Do you understand the ideological term “Watchdog”? They talk about things that can be swept under the carpet and bring them out for the ordinary person to know!
@Chilibonena dont comment if you don’t understand the quesion. I did not ask about the ideology term Watchdog .I asked about the reporting issues.
Good follow up Kunta.
Woe to the NGO upnd! They have done it again! Loosing all the three parliamentary by elections with a landslide loss! Once more agony in the NGO camp! Where is that stinking prostitute who calls herself Hilda Hamalama?