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Lungu to adopt a Female Running Mate

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President Lungu during the PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
President Lungu during the PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA

President Edgar Lungu says his running mate in the August 11th General Elections will be a woman.

President Lungu says men will have no chance to be his running mate if he is still president citing that even the constitution has principles talking about gender balance.

He has assured that he will not end what has been achieved so far in terms of appointing women to various leadership positions.

The head of state has since urged women to rise up now and make use of him as he stands ready to support them in the country.

President Lungu has also advised women to do away with the pull her down syndrome but encourage each other.

President Lungu said this when he officiated at the patriotic front women sensitization fundraising breakfast in Lusaka this morning.

And speaking earlier, Vice President Inonge Wina has urged women to use the opportunity that has been given to them by President Lungu to actualize their dreams of being present at the decision making table.

Ms. Wina however points out that the women cannot make decisions alone but need men around thus it is important that they work together equally.

And PF Chairperson for Elections Jean Kapata explained that the women sensitization programme is aimed at enticing women to contest the coming elections on the PF ticket.

She has further warned that women should watch out for the women in the coming elections as they are preparing themselves to take part at various levels.

President Lungu during the PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
President Lungu during the PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
President Lungu with Vice-President Inonge Wina arrive during the PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
President Lungu with Vice-President Inonge Wina arrive during the PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA
PF Women Fundraising Breakfast at InterContinental Hotel in Lusaka on Saturday, February 2016 -Picture by EDDIE MWANALEZA

125 COMMENTS

    • Its going to be DORA can’t imagine luo and company doing this. RB must have had a word about DORA the ultimate Zambian milf

    • Despite his well publicized short comings by would be puddits, Lungu seems to possess political acumen. Here is a display of a bit of that creativity. He stands out the first ever in Zambia to have ever done so – a woman vice-president; and now a woman running mate!

    • My guess is Dora Siliya. She has proved to have been effective at her current portfolio, going by PF standard. However, come 11th August 2016, he together with whomever he will select as running mate will slide down out of power. This announcement is killing Nevers Mumba at the moment. RB still doesn’t want this fella close to power. Mumba’s greatest sin to RB was to wrestle power from RB him while attending to so many court battles that he had been going through.

    • All you malicious and self misleading cyberstalkers, stop abusing sister Dota Siliya’s name in vain. President Lungu is too wise to zerox a failed regionalist party model. Even if it’s an issue of gender balancing, he would not deputies his Presidency with a fellow Easterner period. Credible and patriotic women are all over mother Zambia. He will choose and win for the good of mother Zambia. He does not need an overzealous and power hungry political opportunist for a running mate, but any loyalist.

    • @ Nostradamus
      Yoy are a very good friend of mine…am inviting you to my house in Matero for our Victory celebration…please bring as many UPND supporters as you can…insansa kuchita share

      “Requestdockingcoordinates”

      “Recalldockinginstructions ”

      2016 it’s a done deal for Lungu

      I thank you

    • There is already a woman Vice President. So how does this announcement create so much euphoria and excitement all of a sudden?

    • It will be nawakwi. Dora can’t bring any more votes that she hasn’t already brought..
      That is why Edith has Been so cheecky with police lately, she knows the deal.

    • From the footnote on each of the above pictures, it seems there will be a Women’s Fundraising Breakfast EACH AND EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH!!!

    • Strategically, making this announcement now is a very poor and risky move for EL. Now he’s showing us that he’s really a political novice. August is almost SIX MONTHS away, and that’s really a long time in politics. He has now given the ammunition and TIME to the male running mate hopefuls to plot against him, either WITHIN PF or SECRETLY WORKING WITH THE OPPOSITION. Personally, I have no respect for the idea of quotas for leadership positions based on gender. Maturity, Discipline, Commitment to Serve & Account, and Competence should be the only criteria. anyone that meets the criteria – whether male or female should be appointed/adopted. Zambia has A LOT of good and capable MEN AND WOMEN of substance to choose from.

    • Lungu also said he will take both gender and region into account. That eliminates Dora Siliya because you can’t have the President and running mate from the same province (although I have always regarded Lungu – like myself -a Kopala person rather than an Easterner). Prof Nkandu Luo and Mumbi Phiri are other possibilities. But Nkandu Luo is too pugnacious and arrogant. Mumbi Phiri is too undiplomatic and immature. If he has to pick someone from the north, my bet is Nawakwi, Kaseba (If she has repented), Kansembe, and any other woman from Muchinga, Northern, or Luapula with a strong professional and academic background. My speculation is premised on the fact that Lungu and PF draw the largest number of votes from these areas. If Bo Inonge wants to retire, this would be the only way to go…

    • If i where that woman i would think twice before joining this failed project called Lungu. Like it or not EL has no leadership qualities and he will live to be the worst thing that has ever happened to mother Zambia.
      At a time like this when the all world is going through its difficult times Zambia need a leader who will help in cushioning the economical impact but alas we ended up with one who is evening making it worse, the gut EL is a total disaster who has made things worse by not providing leadership when we needed it the most.

    • This guy has such an ear to the ground, it is unbelievable! He takes advise very seriously, he is a listening but firm President who makes decisions after weighing all input … you may not agree with his final decision but you surely end up respecting it.

      The smart people of the Zambian Enterprise have not had such an astute CEO since KK and it is refreshing to note! My money is on ECL for President and he has my endorsement to lead us for the next 5 years.

      God speed, Mr. President … our time is now!

    • The BBC has just reported that Chimbwili has booked into a Private Hospital in Morningside, Sandton for a Sex Change! While he is there he intends to go shopping for some Dresses and High Heeled Shoes….. hoping that he will look attractive to Kadansa!

  1. GOOD OBSERVATIONS AND INTENTIONS. HOPE THE GENERAL KANENE ISSUE HAS ALSO MADE LUNGU MORE SENSITIVE TO GENDER BASED VIOLENCE AS WELL. ITS ONE THING TO MAKE SUCH STATEMENTS AND ANOTHER TO ACT CONSISTENTLY TO PROMOTE THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN OUR SOCIETY. KAINGU INSULTED A MEMBER OF PARLIARMENT JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN YET LUNGU DID NOTHING. WE APPLAUD YOUR STATEMENT MR PRESIDENT BUT NOW YOU NEED TO SHOW US YOU CAN BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR WORDS. DEAL WITH KAINGU INSULTING A MEMBER OF PARLIARMENT JUST BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN. PUT YOUR ACTIONS WHERE YOU WORDS ARE.

  2. Nostradamus and Gorgeous george
    Zambian politics is toxic, tribal cards is a tool that is used to decampaign political opponents. Dora and EL both are “Petaukeans” that will be deemed as wako ni wako, more so that RB is seen as Lungu’s godfather. Many of us don’t care whether Presidential candidate and his/her running mate come from the same village. But there are always those who will capitalize and use it to decampaign others.

    • as long as it is not the foul mouthed Mumbi Phiri who has become the president s shadow. Horrid woman that. By the way where is Chama right now? he is not heard of.

  3. Let Inonge advise Lungu correctly on the ailing economy which has since brought untold misery to the people of Zambia. She has failed the women folk. Lungu is keeping as a reward for what she did at Mulungushi prior to the January elections.

    • Inonge has no idea what the word economy means. Leave her to do her job of wailing and organising cadres to fight opponents.

  4. Who cares if its a woman or a man. 5 more years of PF mediocrity will be five years too much. Just vote for the opposition, HH, Edith, Miles even Muliyokela is better than the confusion we have been subjected to by PAYA FARMER. If the new government ends up behaving the way the PF has been misbehaving we vote them out in 2021 as well. Eventually we should be able to find a normal government. Notice I have left out Nevers. He needs first to repent and find his christian side again. He looks like a lost cause at the moment.

  5. Of late we have seen Mumbi Phiri take centre stage and she has literally overshadowed her boss, Chama. Mumbi Phiri is undoubtedly Lungu’s right hand “man”. I wouldn’t be wrong to speculate that probably EL is positioning and exposing her for some big post; Veep.

  6. Comment: My Presido ECL. That’s the way to go. While others are dreaming that we will get 20%, we know solidly where we stand. The haters won’t be given a chance and they are worried hence the hate. Time will come for you but it’s definitely not this time.

  7. Where in the speech that follows nextis this part of this report derived from:
    1.”President Edgar Lungu says his running mate in the August 11th General Elections will be a woman.President Lungu says men will have no chance to be his running mate if he is still president citing that even the constitution has principles talking about gender balance.He has assured that he will not end what has been achieved so far in terms of appointing women to various leadership positions”.

    2.The correct version of president’s speech:PRESIDENT LUNGU OFFICIATES AT PF FUNDRAISING WOMEN BREAKFAST
    Updated about an hour ago
    SPEECH DELIVERED BY

    HIS EXCELLENCY MR. EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA

    DURING THE PATRIOTIC FRONT (PF) FUNDRAISING WOMEN BREAKFAST
    17TH FEBRUARY 2016…

    • ukubutukila to post comments. Mwamona nomba, you come out as incoherent and confused. What does this hullabaloo you have written here mean? what are you saying shimpundu?

  8. The issue of woman as running mate is neither here nor there in comparison with the torture in five years of missery in the said gov’t. Watch out zambians.

  9. I don’t think this wil worry Nevers. This man is ready to sale his party just to get the position of ambasador to South Sudan.

  10. LUNGU the other parties also campaign the way you are doing. Even KK, dictatorial UNIP ALLOWED CAMPAIGN WAY BACK IN 1990 before the 1991 elections. I ve never seen such a scared incumbent before misusing police and state media to muzzle opposition. SHAME

  11. Lungu must be tall upstairs. One can’t help but notice the kind of maneuvers he has been crafting, principally to escape early relegation as well as to make-up for the short-fall, whatever that may be. The target here is Zambia’s eleventh province – the women voters. That could be his new political base.

  12. We already know how it feels to have a female vice president, i see no change, he is just dangling his carrot aimlessly and those with no stamina are falling for it, he already has is female running mate behind him, at the moment he is just spoiling running mate hope fools, with presidential ambitions, nevers, kambwili, kalaba, lubinda, simbyakula, baba chaya don’t kubeba, now he trying his luck with nawakwi once he hammers her like he has done to Nevers , he will dump her and move on with his old lady, i can assure you he won’t dump the old lady, she forced him to be where he is right now, she might look sheepish to you, but she knows how to pull those strings for her puppet.

  13. Appointing women in the name of gender balancing where did that take old man Sata? Look at Inonge a mere token and tool!!

    • @Meimatungu i know you are a die hard UPND but i will invite you to my house in Matero for a drink after elections……

      2016 vote PF (EDGAR)

      I thank you

    • @katondo boys:
      So your house is in Matero and not in Katondo, Kabwe? How nice. I look forward to being your guest of honour! Thanks for a rare gesture. On a more serious note, however, allow me to put the facts straight – I am not a die-hard UPND. All I care for is the country called Zambia.

    • @Meimatungu
      Yes in Matero, last bus stop before Lilanda Just after Shadreck…you won’t miss the house it’s close to the bus stop….just ask for Katondo boys…most people around the bus stop know me so it won’t be a problem to locate me…

      PS: Ndobo,Wanzelu,A Phiri anabwera,Chils,Jay Jay,MMD chiefbootlicker,Mushota,Nostradamus,Patriot Abroad, Senior citizen,Eddy,Hilda Malama and Larry Mweetwa have all cofirmed that they’re coming.

      2016 vote PF ( Edgar )

      I thank you

    • @Katondo boys:
      Expect me to return the favour exactly one week later, at my humble dwelling, 219 Czechoslovakia Boulevard, Makululu township, Kabwe. Time: 19:00 Hours!

  14. We all know that Our Edgar has the full support of majority Zambians >>>>50%+1.
    But my area of interest is the beautiful PF women! I can imagine how the new parliament will look!

  15. The effects of poverty can be felt at every level of society — from the individual living in poverty to the political leader attempting to provide solutions. Whether it is health conditions or increased crime rates, poverty reaches just about every aspect of life. so lets work togather with lungu

  16. Only a ‘slow iearner’ incumbent president like RB and KK can be unseated by the opposition. Museveni has almost doubled the outspoken Bisigye. Underhand methods play the largest part.

    • From the look of things, the Ugandans themselves are not, in the least, disappointed by that election outcome. It was expected.

    • accepting poverty is a sign of mental retardation. With the right leadrship,we can get out of this poverty. Unfortunately, pf has failed to provide the leadership.

  17. Nkandu luo can do. she is more forceful than inonge and lungu. look at how she painted buses and removed utujirijiri. Mama luo first thing in the office is fighting incompetence and corruption. North western position yourself for 2021 give PF more MPs to start with.

  18. 50%+1…..it’s money in the bank already for Lungu…didn’t i tell you that a few days ago…

    Very crafty….and smart President Honorable Edgar C Lungu….so this means less squabbles in the PF and a much more United PF….HH in your face…i bet you didn’t see this one coming….Now start packing your katundu in August we are retiring you from Politics

    2016 the Pope said vote PF ( Edgar )

    I thank you

  19. MAN KENYA@ we are almost there, we are just waiting for results. Otherwise a win in Uganda is a big win for Zambia. Congratulation HE Edgar Chagwa Lungu for winning August election.

    • @Asange

      Yes let’s all work together as Zambians…i wish all political parties can just form ONE ALLIANCE and work together as ONE BIG FAMILY ZAMBIA

      2016 LET’S MOVE ZAMBIA FOWARD

      VOTE PF ( EDGAR )

      I THANK YOU

  20. I laugh when i hear dreamers in UPND talk about poverty.this poverty in africa or Zambia has been there for years.in fact PF have lifted up our lives!!ITS A GOOD MOVE TO ADOPT A WOMAN AS HIS RUNNING MATE,BUT THAT SHOULD NOT BE INONGE WINA OR DORA SILIYA!!!TRY MUMBI PHIRI PLEASE MR PRESIDENT!!Nevers Mumba cannot be shocked by this bcoz PF made it very clear that if PF/MMD Alliance goes through,its not automatic that Nevers Mumba will be ECL’s running mate!!Nevers Mumba is agreeable to this.EVEN THOSE WHO WILL JOIN UPND,LIKE WYNTER KABIMBA,MIKE MULONGOTI,CHARLES MILUPI,ETC WONT BE HH’S RUNNING MATE BUT GBM WILL (IF HE HAS A G 12 CERTIFICATE)!!SO NOTHING SHOCKING HERE.

    • @Eddy

      No worries my dear friend…we have this thing all locked up now….

      2016……naleka kukamba…you already know

      I thank you

  21. “This is what all the newspapers have been saying,,,,the times of Zambia..the daily mail…the post…the chronicle…the Sunday times that if you can’t beat south africa at your home ground then you can’t beat them at FNB stadium….” Dennis Liwewe RIP……Zambia lost 1-0 at FNB after failing to beat South Africa at Independence stadium..and South Africa qualified for the 1998 world cup in France….(I was at FNB siting right behind the late George Mungwa)

    South Africa=Edgar

    Zambia=Hakainde Hichelema

    2016 vote PF ( Edgar )

    I thank you

  22. This announcement is killing Nevers Mumba at the moment, Lungu is a turn coat. He never keeps his word. Just wait and see after MMD threatens to withdraw their support.

    • @Maggie Banda

      This is Politics…..it’s all mind game..forget what Politicians preach on the podium…it’s all done behind closed doors with very influential people…so you now know that Lungu’ s visit to Europe wasn’t just a smoke screen…

      2016 naleka kukamba…you already know

      I thank you

  23. We give credit where it is due….happy done EC Lungu!

    Smart strategy right there…..ensure you choose a chaste woman. A great gambit would be to pick a Tonga woman…..lol

  24. Woman running mate or man,whichever is the strategy,diabolical liars’ party PF MUST be put on the bunch,let them spectate while UPND does the right & correct rule not these stupid dull cronies in PF.We want these shameless looters account for all the loans contracted & misrule using pangas,machetes,hate speech as well as corruption!One normal person wonders if Bo Inonge isn’t a woman as PF has failed lamentably with her as Veep!Why are most bloggers above supporting this already failed project in PF,very irrational & dull unschooled stupid flip flopper adults!What has Lungu achieved with Woman Veep?

  25. Uganda’s electoral commission has announced that Yoweri Museveni has won a fifth term as president.
    It said that President Museveni had won 60.75% of the vote, while his main opponent Kizza Besigye had taken 35%.

  26. SOON OR LATER CHILANDE LANDE HADOLF HITLER HH WILL NAME A WOMAN RUNNING MATE IN THE NAME OF MOLIN MWALAISA.
    TO MAKE SURE SHE IS THANKED NOT THAT SHE CAN ADD SUPPORT TO WIN ELECTIONS.
    VOTE FOR LUNGU FOR PRESIDENCY

  27. The ruling party has once more won elections in Uganda and RB is there learning more on behalf of president Edgar Lungu!!!WE ALL ANTICIPATE EDGAR LUNGU’S VICTORY ON 11/08/2016!!upnd forget very fast.they have been losing by elections to PF from 2011 left,right and centre then today they can claim that we have taken up popularity on Copperbelt and Lusaka?shocking indeed!!UPND HAS LESS THAN 23 MPS WHO ARE MOSTLY FROM TONGALAND!!MMD IS FAR MUCH BIGGER THAN UPND!!I CANNOT WAIT FOR 11/08/2016 A DAY WE WILL RETIRE TRIBAL HH FROM LOCAL POLITICS!!!

  28. What type of President is this? Raising the his party’s symbol without shame. He made an oath at the inaugration ceremony that he will be President for ALL ZAMBIANS.

    Please Zambians lets give Lungu and his minions the Boot. Let others take over. Not necessarily HH.

    Lungu is a shame and unpatriotic

  29. @ZeBige:JUST VOTE FOR YOUR TONGA PRESIDENT HH AND NEVER WASTE YOUR TIME DREAMING THAT WE SHALL HATE OUR BELOVED PARTY PF ANYTIME SOON-NEVER!!!for your own data,load shedding has drastically reduced since 1st February,2016.in my area we rarely experience load shedding these days!!SO PRESIDENT EDGAR LUNGU HAS DONE TOO WELL UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS GLOBALLY!!SO ON 11/08/2016 WE SHALL ONCE MORE VOTE FOR ECL!!YOUR HH IS NEVER AN OPTION TO MOST VOTERS!!

  30. @ Assage. In countries with strong opposition leaders such as Besigye, HH, Tsvangirai and Raila Odinga, election flaws by the incumbent are planned way ahead. Aware of the possible repercussions if their opponents win, they frustrate all their efforts. All dubious means have been used in Uganda to give the incumbent an unassailable lead.

    • Museveni still enjoys popularity in Uganda. Their constitution is what should have provided the cure by not making it open-ended for the incumbent.

  31. PF is a failed project. They already have a female vice president. What is
    the noise of having a female running mate about? The thing is Lungu
    is incapable of steering the country to prosperity. His economic acumen
    and leadership skills are deficient. With a female veep already there,
    UNZA and CBU have been shut, prices of goods and services have spiraled,
    unemployment is chronic, civil servants are no longer getting paid on time,
    govt is grappling with electricity outages, the national debt has skyrocked,
    farmers are sharing a bag of fertiliser instead of the usual 4 bags per farmer
    under FISP, the economic growth of the country has shrunk, bussiness
    men and women are struggling to sustain their enterprises due to reduced
    purchasing power, 4 tomatoes are going at K 10 and…

  32. The fruits of the PF are their for all to see. Destruction, Confusion, Violence, Corruption, Jamasionism(alcoholism) and Ineptitude. Why the women, men and youth of Zambia will
    kick out PF is because Edgar has never succeed in any serious leadership position which
    requires a vision. Professionally, he failed to run a law firm. He was not the best among lawyers.
    As president he is simply the worst. Compare with Levy who performed wonders a president. Levy
    made it because he was a visionary leader who moved from successful lawyer to successful
    president. Lungu has moved to Chakolwa lawyer to chakolwa president. Lungu ran down a law firm
    and has now run down the country.

  33. Whether you pretend or not, you are all feeling the misery PF has inflicted
    on you. You are all cash strapped, hell broke because the ka little ndalama
    you come across can’t take you anywhere because PF has eroded the strength
    of the currency.

  34. If a leader of an opposition is not a running mate, then I don t understand this fuzzy about the so called “Alliance” before elections.
    This is the reason I am continuously calling for the coalition government (or Zambian equivalent to Alliance) to be formed ONLY after elections.
    Each Party goes out with their Party Program (or manifestation) of what they want to achieve for the Zambian people. That way each Party Leader will have their own running mate within their party for the campaign period up to election. After elections then they can start negotiating with opposition party with whom they want to form a coalition government. And the opposition leader could become the vicepresident

  35. @Wangu:BUT WHO TELLS U THAT HH WILL BRING MANNA FROM HEAVEN FOR US?MOREOVER HE IS A SATAN1ST WHO DOESNT BELIEVE IN GOD!!ALL THAT NIGGA WANTS IS TO COME AND STEAL FROM WHERE HE LEFT WHEN HE TOOK PART IN SELLING GOVNT FIRMS!!so forget,our votes are for PF which has done wonders in 4 yrs they have been in power!!WE LIVE IN ZAMBIA AND SEE WHAT PF HAS DONE ACROSS ZAMBIA UNLIKE U WHO YAPS ABROAD!!THE SA RAND IS AT 17 RAND PER 1$,THEN RUSSIAN ROUBLE IS 76RU PER 1$,ETC!!THESE ARE COUNTRIES WITH BIG ECONOMY THAN ZAMBIA!!SO WHAT CAN U TELL US?LOAD SHEDDING HAS ALMOST STOPPED.STOP WASTING YOUR TIME ENCOURAGING US TO VOTE FOR A CHIEF TRIBALIST HH.JUST COME AND VOTE FOR YOUR FELLOW TONGA AND WE SHALL VOTE FOR PF TOO!!!but the chances of us defeating your regional party upnd on 11/08/2016 are very…

    • At least we know and are sure of this one thing that ECL and PF have lamentably failed, hence they will be replaced for another party and this time, UPND-HH. That is the whole purpose of voting every 5 years to replace incompetent regimes such as ECL’s PF. Does that make sense now to you sir Eddy

  36. I knew that he will chose the wife weldone Edgar now nervers uletekanya wamona nomba …kambwili time to shift camp wapya munzi

  37. @Eddy;You really need to consider brain & eye transplant otherwise you are a disgrace & a sham to both your family & the school you went to!Surely,what has Diabolical Pathetic PF done to the Zambians apart from promoting the race to the bottom.We need these minority looters in Liars’ Party PF to pay back all the loans, which they contracted & still contracting dubiously, using Odious Debt Concept!We are on you till you reform & stop holding Zambia at ransom!Zambia is for all Zambians not for two crooked & thieving tribes!The rest of the seventy-one tribes need to actively participate in the affairs of their country too.Who said only Bembas & Ngonis Must be leaders in all public institutions.Does it mean that these other Zambians from other tribes are irrational &/ or incompetent?

    • @The Civilised Sam

      You seem to have so much hatred towards the ruling government,,,,tone down my dear friend,,,,,You are the same kind of people that are sowing hatred all across Zambia with your comments,,,,

      Well, i have some bad news for you then,,,,YOUR CANDIDATE HH WILL NEVER RULE ZAMBIA….i will say it one more time,,,,,,HH WILL NEVER RULE ZAMBIA and because of people like you that keep decampaigning him with your kind of tribal and hate speech

      2016 VOTE PF (EDGAR)

      I THANK YOU

    • That’s why we vote, Uncivilized Sam. The tribes you are insulting are put there by votes. Popularity is the game here. Just vote mister and stop insulting, silly twerp!

  38. Lungu also said he will take both gender and region into account. That eliminates Dora Siliya because you can’t have the President and running mate from the same province (although I have always regarded Lungu – like myself -a Kopala person rather than an Easterner). Prof Nkandu Luo and Mumbi Phiri are other possibilities. But Nkandu Luo is too pugnacious and arrogant. Mumbi Phiri is too undiplomatic and immature. If he has to pick someone from the north, my bet is Nawakwi, Kaseba (If she has repented), Kansembe, and any other woman from Muchinga, Northern, or Luapula with a strong professional and academic background. My speculation is premised on the fact that Lungu and PF draw the largest number of votes from these areas. If Bo Inonge wants to retire, this would be the only way to go…

  39. PF already has a woman,Inonge Wina,as its vice president.What has PF achieved so far?The bunch of PF cronies is a sham & curse to Zambia’s human development.These devils need to be caged & stay away from the taxpayers’ monies & natural resources for these creatures are lethally thieves & failures.They have no developmental agenda for Zambia apart from mismanaging our finite resources.They must be shown the exit door as soon as come August 11;they must ZWA!

  40. Its Christne Kaseba. Edgaer wants to win back Sata loyalist and balance up with the northern vote. Nawakwi is another posibility. The trouble is Zambian women are yet to find a woman they can look up to and support. To date it comes from their own mouths the sentiment that women don’t support fellow women. The UPND have very strong options and support base so whatever PF does wont change thier upcoming defeat.

  41. Adopting a woman as Lungu’s running mate is not what Zambians are looking for. Zambians are looking for a visionary leader who will solve the many challenges the country is facing–Unemployment, ,Energy crisis,

  42. Organise him Men fundraising he will say his running mate will be a man because he is clueless,visionless,brainless,useless and a drunkard that Edgar kaloba chakolwa lungu.#2016goingbacktochawamabars.

  43. If Bo Inonge is not up to continue, there is another Inonge many of you young bloggers don’t seem to know much about. She is Princess Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika. She has done that, been there and back, just name it. Google her, since you are all so tech savvy. She would augment what is lacking in the young politicians – sensitivity, empathy and putting others before self. She is as comfortable preaching before a congregation as she is delivering a master political oration. Food for thought.

  44. The pact falling apart even before it is formed! This will certainly upset Nevers Mumba. Can’t wait to see the end of this! Grab some popcorn people!

  45. HH Will also surprise you by picking William Banda as his running mate. If you have noticed Willie has been very quiet, after all he is HH’s special adviser.

  46. @ Katondo Boys (Emmanuel Mwamba)
    Do not mislead Zambians as you did with Chiluba and tricked Miles Sampa, sturbing your own brother for the sake of PF post as perm sec information. Zambians have resolved to change and this will happen, like or not. Zambia is not Uganda, Zimbabwe or Ruwanda. Zambia is very advanced progressively in democracy compared to the named countries that exhibit your antics.
    PF is repressive, violent and corrupt that zambians are tired and crave to change things for themselves. Change is eminent and ‘Donchi kubeba’ is typical deception preached by PF.

  47. Relax, i am going for sex reassignment surgery in Cuba and stand the chance to be adopted as ECL’ running mate. For now it is not yet over. Mwalya ilya uma bonse

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