UPND Vice-President for political affairs Canisius Banda urged Chingola UPND members to protect votes in this year’s 2016 general elections because free and fair elections are a seed for national unity and harmony.
Dr Banda said this when he addressed UPND members at fundraising dinner held at Samfred garden hotel in Chingola on Saturday.
The fundraising dinner was preparation for 2016 general elections and that harvest from the function will purchase a van to start mobilizing party members in all wards for Chingola district.
He said polling agents for a political party should get concern on 50 percent plus one, if the turnout is 30 percent it will not be sensible and nobody is talking about it all are in darkness.
‘‘50 percent plus one voter turnout over 50 percent is when it can make sense, so let’s go to vote, but also lets protect the votes because if the victor is not the person we are voting for, there will be misunderstanding in us and one day we are going to be violent and lose out this unity what we have, free and fair elections are a seed for national unity for peace and harmony” Dr Banda said.
Br Banda who was guest of honor at the dinner function was sent by UPND President Hakainde Hichilema who was out of the country that he should come and pay tribute and thanks to people of Chingola who got highest votes in last Presidential elections on the copperbelt.
“President Hichilema sent me to come and say thanks to people of Chingola because you voted him in the last presidential elections and to encourage you to be with same spirit in the next general elections” Br Banda said.
He said the relationship should be kind of beneficial that we push Mr Hichilema forward to be Presidents of Zambia to change things for better.
Dr Banda said UPND is a public institution that everyone is at liberty to belong to it and there is no tribalism as many people say.
“All top leadership in UPND are from all 10 provinces in Zambia, so how can it be a tribalism party, tribalism is evil, should you find it in the party fight it” Dr Banda said.
Dr Banda said a hand is the symbol of the party that needs to be well explained to the people because many do not understand it what it means.
He said the symbol of a hand means a lot, when we lift a hard it shows worshiping God, when someone meets a fried they shack hands to great that means love, peace and unity even any kind of work is used by hands is because we say forward with hands.
Dr Banda told party members to explain this during campaign period, including party manifesto as the roadmap to development if UPND get into power which arched on four pillars, Prudent, judiciary, economic and management having right polices in place.
He said farming sector is where the country can have large employment not the way is being done that more shopping malls are being built with full of imported commodities.
“Over 1.4 Billion every month goes out for imported goods, because most of goods come from South Africa and America, Zambia is an import country” He said.
“Once voted into power , we shall bring free education, build more houses for the citizens and create employment that will give more money that people can live a better life” Dr Banda.
UPND Provincial Chairperson Elias Matambo commended Chingola district for being consistence in mobilizing members towards party programmes.
Mr Matambo said Chingola voted highest when Zambia went into polls on December 21, 2014 Presidential by-elections after the death of late President Michael Chilufya Sata.
He said the on provincial level the committee will contribute towards the purchase of a van which Chingola district van to enhance movements during campaign period.
Mr Matambo said this year’s elections will probably take place earlier either in August or before, so PF Government is scared that few months from now they will be out of the Government.
And UPND Chingola district chairperson Rapheal Chimupi said members in his district are quiet happy that all invited guest has turned in numbers to bring contribution that a van could be purchased.
“It is amazing that people from Sinazongwe district Southern Province, Lusaka, all Copperbelt districts and Northwestern came in numbers to work as a team.
Me I am just confused with UPND now… Who are they going to choose as running mate since they have more than 6 vice presidents. This will shake UPND no doubt because GBM thinks it is him, and so is Dr Banda. We wait and see the outcome. Yazamdamuka mwe
Does Dr Banda and GBM adds up to 6 vice presidents? Its a SHAME that you cant even count properly. but anyway dont worry coz none of the two will be HH’s running mate………..just watch the space
@House Fly
You’re truly living by your name. Please stay current with the goings-on. Canisius Banda recently said that he does not care whether he is selected as running mate or not as his interest was not in positions but in service. Leave the matter to the UPND, they have enough brains to take care of that little issue. Serious issues will be in the PF. Inonge cannot sell, that you should know by now and she’s their VP because of the dubious way they snatched power from Miles Sampa. Pay back has since been done to her and she will be discarded in the 2016 edition of the elections.
TRIBAL PARTY UPND NO ONE CAN REFUSE THIS.
Why are you stressing yourself on the party you dont even support. Thats dullness in its highest order. Infact are you not supposed to be happy if there will be confusion? UPND is a party that is intact than PF. Just wait and prove this when ECL dissolves parley.
house fly pama fi (PF) teine its your name kikikiki
LT who edited this article. Its so embarrassing. What election was held on 21/12/14?
lwe @ka house fly, indeed you are just a confused poor fella(pf) sympathiser. Dont be disturbed ta with the way the UPND runs its political affairs, actualy its the only Progresive Party that we have here in Zambia with its own unique understanding that politics is about what the People want & not what a leader wants! This party UPND ta is fully charecterised with the recipe of co-existence & dialogue in its hierachy, its not like your poor family filled with power hungry lunatics like what inspired during the pf last shameful convention in kabwe. We as UPND party in general, we trust in God my freind & the very God alwayz makes a way for the party leadership too! Meanwhile ninshi ati aleisa Moses wanomba uwasalilwe na Lesa- HH viva 2o16.. We lots of love for every Zambian!
Vey poorly written story. Lots of grammatical mistakes. Shame!
Yes Protect your loss on August 11, 2016. We the Zambian people cannot and will never be Fooled. We have seen the Leadership which President Edgar Lungu has shown. ECL is a True Statesman. Further Edgar Lungu by assenting to the Constitutional Bills has just woken up people in PF strong Holds who had slept on 20th January 2015 thinking it was a done deal. Come August 11 , HH will cry bitterly when he will be forced to concede defeat with just 4 provinces counted. Watch the Space.
Yes Protect your loss on August 11, 2016. We the Zambian people cannot and will never be taken advantage of by the kind of Politics practiced by HH and his UPND . We have seen the Leadership which President Edgar Lungu has shown. ECL is a True Statesman. Further Edgar Lungu by assenting to the Constitutional Bills has just woken up people in PF strong Holds who had slept on 20th January 2015 thinking it was a done deal. Come August 11 , HH will cry bitterly when he will be forced to concede defeat with just 4 provinces counted. Watch the Space.
Voiceless of un reasonable bitterness.HH is the real deal.
@ men in black. Upnd is the only progressive party. I don’t think so. When the father Andy M. was prisido. Upnd had like 49 MPs, now they are 20 if they have reached 30. What progressive is that? U accuse us of being tribal bembas But we voted for father Andy overwhemingly bcoz he was straight as an arrow. Now U bring us something Like a leader(hh) and U expect us to vote for him? Never. My advise to U guys is that let yo HH stand as VP, we can vote for him, then in future we may consider him as a presido, atleast ninshi bakwatako ka Govt experience. @ Linda come here I fu** really gud that’s wat U require.
BOBO you are a liar. If Northern (now Muchinga & Northern) and Luapula had given father Andy just 30% of the votes Zambia would have been different by now. BUT you did not. You opted for Levy instead because he had the FTJ and Bemba and Lamba support. Also please note that in 1996 (may be you were still in diapers) FTJ was voted for overwhelmly in Southern Province!
@Communist! You supporse to in the first re-arrange your brains and of cause your dental dis-order which is just like your poor father lungu front teeth, to have mispronounced a damn simple word ‘very & hence claim to be grammatically pama fi. At which school did you have go to young man? Wipe your black thing nigga..
I am a UPND member within the central committee. So please listen to me you outsiders, what I am saying is true. UPND will have confusions because of too many vice presidents. Who will be the running mate? that is the question for you and HH.
TO HELL WITH YOU HOUSE FLY,FOR OWN INFORMATION UPND HIGHEST PARTY ORGAN IS NOT CALLED CENTRAL COMMITTE BUT NATIONAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (NMC),so this just shows ignorant you are.
its true when mad banda says the UPND hand symbol has a lot of meaning, the other one he left out was a symbol of dividing the country in between. upmd has no numbers on the CB How can people come from all the way southern province just to attend fundraising to make look as if there are a lot of people
How do you protect votes which will not be there? Are regions will vote like Tongas. Meaning HH will only have votes from Tonga land.
How do you protect votes which will not be there. All tribes will vote like Tongas. HH will only have votes in Tonga land
Listen to this: “….if the victor is not the person we are voting for, there will be misunderstanding in us and one day we are going to be violent and lose out this unity that we have…” (Canisius Banda).
Does this mean that if their Church elder (whom they will vote for) loose the elections then they will be violent? I really dont understand this but if that is what you mean, then get prepared to be clobbered because we shall not allow any violence from any regional and insignificant party including those parties that exist for the sake of statistics. Get this message louder and clearly!!
Kikikikikiki…..ba Vice president kwati bafulumuka ku Chainama……kikikiki!