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Filling up Heroes Stadium is not our preoccupation-PF

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The ruling PF says it is not preoccupied with filling up the 50,000 capacity Heroes Stadium in Lusaka during its national campaign launch set for this Saturday.

PF Deputy Spokesman Frank Bwalya said the party is only interested in filling up the hearts of minds of Zambians with love, peace and development.

He said the party will not be bothered even if it fails to fill up the gigantic stadium as long as its message of peace and development resonates with the Zambian people.

The PF has been running campaign messages urging its members to attend the event in an ambitious attempt to fill up the stadium.

Some political observers have however cautioned the party describing the move as been over ambitious saying it will be embarrassing for the ruling party with there will be empty stands in the stadium.

“For us, our main preoccupation is service to the people. We are not concerned about filling up the stadium, we want to send a message of love, peace and development to our people.
Moreover, our candidate, President Lungu is already filled with love, humility and a pro-poor approach, that is all that matters,” Mr Bwalya said during a live programme on Radio Phoenix.
He further revealed that the party will also at the same event unveil a new elections manifesto for the August elections.

Mr Bwalya hinted that the new PF manifesto will not completely depart from the current one adding that it is merely be a continuation of the 2011 manifesto.

“Our new manifesto will respond to the new challenges that the country is facing but it will not depart from what the PF is known for that is the massive construction of roads and other infrastructure. It will be another pro-poor document which speaks to the lives of majority poor Zambians,” he said.

He further revealed that the PF is also going to launch a new campaign Chitenge at the event which has President Lungu’s images.

“Unlike in January 2015, this time around, we are more than prepared, we have printed a new Chitenge for our President for these campaigns with his smiling images on them and we will be launching this at Heroes. We are set to have the best campaign event ever. We have 25 artistes performing, some just for free because of their love for President Lungu. Gates open at 10 Hours,” he said.

Meanwhile, tHE Patriotic Front (PF) will on Saturday unveil its candidates for the August 11 general elections during a mega rally at Lusaka’s National Heroes Stadium, secretary general Davies Chama has said.

Mr Chama said yesterday that President Lungu is expected to announce the names of the members the PF has adopted to be its parliamentary, mayoral and local government candidates at a mammoth rally

77 COMMENTS

  1. This year you have to point at what you have done for the people. PF has worked. What of you UPND? Can you point (Sonta po!

    • ldiot! UPND is not in power. How can they point when they are seeking office to be in a position to do something for the people. What a stupid question!!

    • @mr kudos, What sontapo are you talking about? You have been using resources from the national treasury as a PF government to build roads which you are supposed to as a government. So you are not using your own resources as a PF party

      So don’t boast here

      Meanwhile Aleisa HH

    • Ba Kudo . Are you twin brothers with upnd?I have never read any of your posting without either upnd or HH. May be you are possessed by those leaders OUR ECL was saying they are possessed. Just tickling you don’t worry about me. You are your own brand

    • Like I said, enjoy the last few months of ill gotten gain–stop wasting our time and yours blogging nonsense.

    • This sontapo slogan has to be the most stup!d slogan in the history of campaigns. Beyond ridiculous zoona and am even laughing.

    • LOOK AT THIS SKULL! PF IS FULL OF SKULLS. THIS IS EVIDENCE ENOUGH THAT PF IS HEADED BY A SATANIST, ONE EDGAR LUNGU. PF IS FULL OF LIES. PEOPLE MIGHT GO TO HEROES STADIUM ONLY TO LISTEN TO A LOT MORE LIES FROM CRIMINALS, LOOTERS AND CROOKS. THE MONEY PF BORROWED OVER THE PAST FIVE YEAR PERIOD SHOULD HAVE BUT UP MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COUNTRY AND FURTHER STRENGTHENED THE ECONOMY IF ALL THAT MONEY WAS SPEND ON DEVELOPMENT. THIS HOWEVER HAS NOT HAPPENED BECAUSE THESE THIEVES POCKETED TWO-THIRDS OF THAT BORROWED MONEY. THEY STOLE THE MONEY, YET TODAY THEY WANT TO LIE TO US THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED THE COUNTRY. LIARS!

    • PF has failed, yet again.
      UPND will fill up that Mwanawasa stadium in no time. Just allow them to access Freedom park in Kitwe, and watch what will happen.

    • Mr Kudos……you know what I will sonta po…..lol
      corruption, embezzlement, PF constitution yachigamba, no jobs, no money in pocket, …….can I continue?

    • That shows what kind of people are ruling Zambia. How can they say sonta when its them in Govt. They think they are using their personal money. What kind of thinking is that. When we told you that PF is full of kaponya lunatics you called us names.

    • Sonta PO!! Ndeti Sonta PO please!! Kkikikikikikiki Sorry UPND. You are gone forever. This year ni kolopa,

    • This silliness ba Kudos of pointing is really making people sound dull. The PF has been in government for 5 years. During this time and using tax payer’s money they are expected to do some developmental projects. We are not saying they did not, but what we are saying is for every one project they did, there should have been four. Right now they want us to point at the ONE but we are asking where are the missing THREE.

    • EVEN BWALYA IN HIS TONGUE DOUBTS IF THERE WILL BE PEOPLE AT THE RALLY. THEY MAY ONLY ATTRACT OR ENTERTAIN LITTLE CHILDREN WHO ARE NON VOTERS AND A FEW PAID UP CADRES. THIS TIME ITS HH

    • hard working Zambians and individuals in UPND in particular were paying tax, that has been misappropriated, to facilitate the rise in debt contraction but the PF GVT.. NOMBA SONTA APO PF has used party money to develop Zambia!!! SONTAAAAAAAAPOOOO IWEEEEE, before we sonta other misappropriation that Zambia aimes to eliminate come “second thursday of august”!!!!

    • Its like a Father or bread winner asking his children/dependants to point/sonta po, This is the most s.tupid political slogan i have ever heard in my life ans surprised that Pfools are enjoying, How low can we sink as a nation.

    • The end of PF…11 august is just too far for me…My flight from London through J’burg, and then Lusaka is tedious, but I have to come and put my vote in that ballot, then fly back the following day because we have !diots in government who cant think of direct national airline…Ethiopia, Kenya and Zim as poor as they are ( baseline, rankings in the 2015 the HDI), and have they have their own airline…Manje pa Zed, my foot!…people are so happy with poverty and have eventually become allergic to success…This explains why they are even afraid of voting for success….

    • WELCOME BACK MR KUDOS,YOU WERE NOT BLOGGING FOR SOME FEW DAYS,DID YOU ESCOT OUR PRESIDENT TO SAUD? TIYE NABO BOI TUBAFUMYE UTULO BA NEGA-NEGA.MUCIBEMBA ATI NEKA-NEKA.

      HH TEFINTU KUWAYAWAYAFYE.

  2. Frank Bwalya I suggest you begin to write your repentance prayers. Your day of punish is coming. A man of God can’t be doing what you have been doing. I hope that money you are touching and excited about doesn’t belong to the poor Zambian people. I am curious how they can afford 4 or 5artists in one event? These artists cost about 30,000 or even more a show. Anyways, people go enjoy the free concert but VOTE OUT LUNGU. THAT SHOW WILL NOT PROVIDE FOOD OR JOBS FOR YOU IT WILL JUST ENTERTAIN YOU FOR 2-3 hours then you go back with hunger and no jobs plus high cost of living

    • Bwalya can do whatever he so wishes as he will simply repent that’s the folly of your master’s religion, just like your oppressor could rape, murder your women and hunt black people for fun and code name it “picnic” for “pick a n*gger”….end of the day they can simply repent, case closed.

  3. To be honest, an incumbent should not even be campaigning the record should speak for itself. Only one that knows he has failed will try explain his failures through fancy campaigns while the country continues to fall apart economically. Honestly, if I ruled Zambia I would be in the office until the last day of my term because service comes before power. The focus is improving Zambian lives not wining an election at all costs were you go register foreigners

    • In addition, it is lunacy to shout slogans in support of someone who has failed. The Lungu administration is like a caretaker stepfather who comes in a family and borrows money on behalf of the family and buys TV sets, computer games, PlayStation, chips, furniture, and appliances. Then tells the children when the say they are hungry to point at the chairs for the great work he has done. He has no money left for electricity and water bills. So the new TV and Stove are useless.

  4. It’s true PF alibomba. Mealie meal price has more than doubled. Exchange rate doubled and going. National debt more than doubled. Load shedding more than doubled. Etc etc. Finshi ba Zambia mufwaya kanshi? If you don’t want these great achievements lwenu

  5. Come August 11 PF still carries the day. The launch at Heroes will be massive compared to the finished UPND. GBM was busy addressing Grade 4 pupils in Ndola at a rally, talking about loadshedding which we have sorted out. UPND MPs you have to show what development you have delivered with CDF over the last 5 years. If you can’t then we chuck you out. You are now reaping 15 years in opposition under dictator Kaponya (HH). Sonta po!

    • Sorted Power Load shedding??? When in fact load shedding is worsening from 3 hours x 3 days a week during MMD era at worst times to 10 – 12 hours every day!!! Some of these PF cadres are a shame, who will settle for mediocrity like Mr. Kudos is demonstrating.

    • Grade 4 children are Zambians too. The CDF is supposed to be used for the community projects the PF government listed in the community development plan. So if there were no projects listed in PF manifesto why blame only the UPND MPs? Besides of they embezzled, the PF would be all over them. Please start with Siamunene your defense minister.

    • Khikikikiki…Whatever Kudos was fed must have been in extremely excess dosage to the point, no part of his brain function or recalls anything. But hey, whats surprising is that in spite of his low IQ and the excess dosage he was drugged, he still recalls there is HH: and thats really awesome!!!!!!!!

  6. Frank Bwalya in the wilderness, just arrange enough buses to ferry PF cadres with ama k5 to hand out, you will definitely fill up the stadium

    Pf Cadres with ubulofwa will not attend the rally for nothing

  7. Ba Lsk Times why do you keep changing the headlines so quickly? Honestly the story on ECL being in Saudi Arabia is of more importance as it affects all of us be you UPND or PF, the negotiations taking place in Saudi Arabia are of national value and will greatly give our economy a much needed push for all to benefit. Our Hardworking leader Edgar Chagwa Lungu is trying his level best for all Zambians, even the ones busy insulting him he cares for you!
    As for filling the stadium as Father Bwalya says that is not the issue, however it will be filled to capacity..bonse pamo..Pabwatoooooo!

    2016 ECL nafuti

    • No No ECL is Saudi Arabia to borrow money for Campaigns and Auction the country for Cheap crude oil .There is nothing for free the Saudis have no market for there oil and fertilizer.

  8. Another reason why we should have seen the back of ministers immediately Parley was disolved…rampant misuse of govt reasources whilst we are paying them to campaign for their party at the same time.

    • Every minister now will be on “working visits” in GRZ vehicles going to all corners of the country…and the taxpayer will foot the bill.

  9. NANKHWE’ NA NKWE’
    These P.F Plundering jokers are slowly beginning to realise its time up, so time to pack their Dirty Corrupt bags.
    NANKHWE’ NA NKHWE’!!!!!

  10. “Sonta epo mwabomba bane” is a true slogan of high relevance during this campaign. Here are facts Fellow Zambians..

    1)HH HAS NEVER EVEN BEEN A COUNCILLOR

    2) UPND MPS, COUNCILLORS AND MAYORS HAVE FAILED TO BRING EVEN BASIC DEVELOPMENT IN THEIR AREAS WITHOUT GOVT HELP WHEREAS EVEN INDEPENDENT MPS HAVE PERFORMED BETTER!!!

    3) ALL TOWNS IN SOUTHERN PROVINCE EXCEPT FOR LIVINGSTONE ARE UNDER DEVELOPED BECAUSE UPND MPs, COUUNCILLORS AND MAYORS ARE BUSY WOMANIZING IN GUEST HOUSES AND ENJOYING GRATUITY!!!

    #HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime
    2016 ECL nafuti

    • towns in southern province are under developed because the government in charge does not give enough of their borrowed money to develop these towns !!!! Why because they spend all their BORROWED money on paying government and civil servants salaries !!!!!!!!!!!!! and @CHILS – they are using BORROWED money to make payments BORROWED MONEY THAT HAS PUT ZAMBIA IN HEAVY DEBT!!!!

  11. In the name of Jesus, every stubborn evil force that refuses to turn away from HH, receives the sword and arrows of the Lord, now. Jehovah Gibbor, Your instruments of death and arrows of destruction continually operate against all HH’s unrepentant enemies, in the name of Jesus. I decree that all HH’s enemies will fall now into the pits they have dug for me in the name of Jesus. After the order of Haman, every mischief and violent dealing backfires on HH’s enemies, in the name of Jesus. You are HH’s Rock, Shield, and Strong Tower. You have equipped HH with the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand establishes HH as a victor in this battle. Beat down the enemy and give his neck to HH. Cause HH to pursue and overtake them until they are wounded and consumed, falling at his feet,…

    • @fake/demonic prayer warrior for HH- please start your prayers by asking for forgivance for your own devil worshipping members that are always insulting and wishing death on other people, also pray for your party members including yourself to stop using that Proven Masonic Party Hand symbol!

      That will be a good start you followe of lucifer!
      For us in PF we follow the true God! Amen and amen! There is a reason why your masonic leader has been rejected 4 times by Zambians!

      #HungryHyena(HH)MustFallForThe5thTime

      2016 ECL nafuti

    • Cause HH to pursue and overtake them until they are wounded and consumed, falling at his feet, never to rise again. I release the Fire of God, the Blood of Jesus and destroy the power of all curses, hexes, vexes, spells, charms, fetishes, blood sacrifices, manipulation , mind control and demonic fastings. I release the Fire of God, the Blood of Jesus and destroy the power of all incantations, chanting, blessings, hoodoo, crystals, root works, eggs and cancel all curses being sent to HH. I return it and the demons to the sender, HUNDREDFOLD and I bind it to them by the Blood of Jesus Christ. O Lord, I overrule every plan of the enemy to use demonic manipulation against HH.

    • I have noticed 2020 vision keeps changing countries. He is in the Emirates. He might be traveling with the president or one of those assigned to visit the Dubai printers. No wonder he is supporting Lungu like this. Must be a beneficiary

    • Ba wise commentator, Vision2020 alemishupa sana ai? He must be giving you sleepless nights for you to go to the extent of tracking his whereabouts and revealing his identity. Ni ma politics chabe bwana aya. Govts come and go. Don’t put your own life in danger. What makes you think this same person you are tracking is a plain joe and he/she is not capable of doing the same, even worse to you? Look after yourself well.

    • @Eastern Mwanza. Do what? Nobody wants to harm 2020Vision. I am just curious how his country keeps changing and why he is in Dubai while been a staunch supporter of PF. And his not giving me any sleepless night just an annoying chap that is always insulting HH. By the way I am FDD. You see the only you PF know is violence and wanting to do bad things to people instead of doing the right thing for your country by not engaging in electoral malpractice

  12. You are right even OBAMA when he was an incumbent he didn’t campaign his record spoke for itself that’s why he went from state to state asking for their vote, spent hours preparing for the debates and kept reminding people of his desire to serve one more term…but you are very right an incumbent shouldn’t campaign.

  13. I kept wondering if there was going to be a musical concert with 25 Artists until a clarification was made that it will be a rally. Anyway, i wonder what our entertainers’ message will be to the hungry masses. The good thing is the stadium is near Mandevu where most people have faced reality of life unlike some of us in the residential areas who are not directly feeling the pinch.

  14. Kudos is @ZambeziAfrica on twitter, I did my own tracking, that’s the person behind that skull always posting rubbish content on this forum

  15. Kudos no robot, all the articles pa LT be they put up any time of the day, ninshi chi robot chaba switched on to produce rantings, enjoy while it still lasts!!!

  16. I think that talking about other people in a demeaning way is in the DNA of us Zambians. It seems we always fail to articulate issues with insulting and playing the blame game. The issue is straight forward, PF want to remain in power because they believe they are doing a great job and have a wonderful philosophy and strategy to develop the country. They should stick to this and see if people buy into their ideas. On the other hand, UPND want to be in power because they believe PF has not done well, and that they have the panacea for people’s suffering. Therefore they should convince the electorate without insulting any one. I have never known insults to motivate development. My mother taught me not say bad things about people.

  17. But you’d brag about it if it were filled to capacity right? Let’s not be hypocritical Ba Bwalya.

    • The fact is will it be filled because people want to hear politicians or musicians. I feel the essence will be missed if not careful.

  18. PF and its members have always shied away from issue based politics. Five years later, it has remained the same. The trend is name calling, satanism, sold mines etc but who has ever tried to say something about the economy from PF? So many questions remain unanswered but they will attack you for speaking the truth. Developmental projects indeed!!!

  19. UPND and its followers have gone blind and therefor cannot see the works done in the few years the PF has been in power. When they go around to sweet talk the electorate, they shall feel the comfort of driving on the roads and for some of them that shall have gained sight shall see the massive structural developments all over the Nation. There after, as we get closer to voting day, a lot of souls shall have repented having insulted the party that has done so much in so short time. HOW I WISH A DAY WOULD REDUCE TO 12 HOURS SO THAT THE VOTING DAY COULD COME EARLIER.

  20. It all started with “90 DAYS- MORE MONEY IN YOUR (OUR) POCKETS”… The ascended to power and trully they got more money in their pockets in 90 days… But some yrs of ICHIPANTEPANTE, they started telling the voters ati it was just a CAMPAIGN SLOGAN….. Now they’ve another campaign slogan, they’ve divided the nation by adding some clergymen, musicians even some “gospel artists”to their campaign camp… ZAMBIA IS NOW VISIBLY DIVIDED!!! I wish a long life to the one’s fighting against the truth now, in the name of the Lord… May God be merciful enough and grant you more time so that you be able to witness one day that, covering the truth is not the triumph of falsehood… Truth is always a victor even when falsehood raises as high as the mountains

  21. “He further revealed that the PF is also going to launch a new campaign Chitenge at the event which has President Lungu’s images.” Is this chitenge material for sale or free distribution to supporters? The same question applies to all other campaign materials including chibuku, party cards, t-shiirts, caps, etc distributed by all parties. If they are for free, then true democracy is a pipe dream in Zambia. How do you tell who are your genuine followers?

  22. To all PF cadres yapping on this forum,can you answer this simple question for me:Does Frank Bwalya’s speech give you confidence and hope or its taking away the little that you had?

  23. “Sonta apowabomba chuundu chaitwa chairman hh!!!”WE HAVE EYES AND WE CAN SEE WHAT PF HAS DONE!!!PLUS LET UPND KNOW THAT WE WILL ATTEND PF’S RALLY AT HEROES STADIUM IN LARGE NUMBERS!!!”IFINTU NI LUNGU-2016!!”GO PF GO!!

  24. @kudos, eddy, vision, the developmental planning of PF is upside down. You do not get loans to build roads, schools, that is a secondary phase. That is were PF failure started, as this will lead to more borrowing, to repay back the loan, sustain economy, & future development..instead We in upon would have started with income generating projects that could 1. Give more jobs to people, to alleviate poverty. 2. Stabilize the economy, to rejuce commodity prices, 3. Repay the loans 4. Could reduce the amount of borrowing when building infrastructure , 5. Could have saved us from IMF debt trap. See how many things PF could have done with just one good plan. That is why hh was say PF has plan & PF yapping fellows were saying he is insulting, to you truth is insulting.

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