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UPND will not boycott the 2016 Elections-Kakoma

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Charles Kakoma
Charles Kakoma

The opposition UPND has described as suspicious the final decision by Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to award the tender to print ballot papers to Dubai based Al Ghurair printing company.

UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma said that his party has no doubt that this is also part of the Patriotic Front’s scheme to manipulate the elections.

Mr Kakoma stated that his party does not see any other reason why ECZ can settle for a printing firm that it is twice expensive than the other competing printing firms if the idea is not to rig the elections.

Mr. Kakoma has however, ruled out the possibility of the UPND boycotting the August 11th elections.

Mr Kakoma said that the UPND will put in place measures to prevent the rigging of the elections.

Meanwhile, UPND has said that the destruction and defacement of UPND posters, billboards and campaign materials by PF supporters in broad daylight in Lusaka and other parts of the country is deeply saddening.

In a statement released to the media the party said that such acts are an attack on the essence of our democracy, which must be rooted in ideals and ideas not violence and provocative acts. The Party went on to say that the attack violated the spirit of the agreement political parties made during the Peace Indaba held by the clergy at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross just weeks ago.

The party instead urged its members to be vigilant, remain calm and immediately report any defacing of the party posters to the police, as opposed to taking the law into their own hands.

60 COMMENTS

  1. Just miserable wimps crying all the time. Then stop making noise and get on the ground campaigning. You’re even enjoying our roads which we constructed for Zambia meanwhile you and your Homo Habilis (HH) primitive ape complaining that PF has done nothing. Nincompusy failures!

    • Quoting the Dull Commentator who’s now completely gone berserk: “THE RIGHT THING ECZ SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS ASK FOR PARTICIPANTS TO VOTE FOR TWO OR THREE OF THEIR CHOICE AND THEN THEY CHOSE FROM THEIR USING THEIR SO CALLED AUTONOMY POWER”
      The problem with dull people like this grade 9 drop out Commentator is lack of exposure to the civil service. How do we allow your opposition leaders to vote for a printer? That’s not how we do bidding and Procurement. You’re an embarrassment to your children and they will out to be as dull as you. UPND’s lack of experience is alarming. @Katondo boys, 2020vision we are winning

    • Are these not the same cretins who were chasing after every truck entering from south boarders. They believe that every election has to be rigged so their problem of failing to understand elections is not ours. Its not about costs of printing them from Dubai they are worried about but how to chase air Emirates at kk intl airport.

    • Before voting I urge all voters to visit the hospitals in their towns then decide to vote. township roads, Malls, airports etc are not development. These things are what the government should do world wide. In Australia they do this every day.
      But lack of proper medical facilities is a sad thing in the so called country. We Zambia can do better than what I saw at UTH no dignity at all. people on the floor lumped up like mushrooms sure. I saw roads, malls, but when I saw UTH I was heart broken, and worse my aunt not able to see doctor for 2 weeks was sad. Aunt died as a result.

    • THERE COMES THIS EMPTY SKULL AGAIN REPRESENTING THE EMPTY SKULLS WE CALL LEADERS IN PF. ZAMBIA CAN NOT BE RULED BY EMPTY SKULLS. THESE SATANISTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO FLOURISH IN ZAMBIA. GOD FORBID IT!

    • Lelo, lelo, lelo, mukose ba UPND, mukose! Stop acting like you are still POLITICAL VIRGINS in Presidential elections. At least you can choose to LOSE with some dignity and people will respect for it!

    • “Mr Kakoma said that the UPND will put in place measures to prevent the rigging of the elections” ..There you are. UPND Kkikikikikikiki

    • sniffing your own poo has definitely made you lose your mind or is it inhaling the farts of your pay masters? Which roads have you constructed. Is it not government money? Have you PF thieves done anything apart from destroying the economy? Kudos, what ever you call yourself you are the most pathetic blogger ever.

    • We will put in measures to stop your attempted rigging as we win the polls and send your ka corrupt god Chagwa back to Chawama to drink kachasu. You will also be recalled back from your embassies you incompetent chaps who spend all your time blogging to protect your jobs.

    • The Zambian problem is deep and wide, its not just about ECZ, it the whole governance system. The Zambian government system is flawed, it only facilitates corruption , theft and only serves the President and his minions. Zambia is a sad, a country that is so rich in resources, never been to war but its so poor. Even countries that were ravaged by war like Rwanda and Angola are now toping the African Development Index.

    • Khikikikiki….Even if a chimp used only 15% of its brain, it would still be better than this amoeba Mr. Kudos. Chances are so high that you smoke from your azzho

    • inhaling the smell from your grandmother’s chamber pot early in the morning really has devastating consequences.

  2. GOOD OBSERVATION AND GOOD ANALYSIS AND GOOD ADVICE AND GOOD WAY FORWARD COMRADE KAKOMA. LET THESE CRIMINALS BE EXPOSED SO THAT ALL ZAMBIANS CAN SEE AND KNOW THAT LUNGU AND HIS MINIONS ARE INDEED THIEVES AND CORRUPT CRIMINALS. LUNGU IS BUSY BREWING TROUBLE IN THE COUNTRY USING ECZ AND PF CADRES TO DO MISCHIEF. ZAMBIA WILL NOT FORGIVE LUNGU AND WILL NOT VOTE FOR LUNGU ON AUGUST 11. LUNGU IS VERY DANGEROUS TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. ELECTIONS SHOULD REMAIN ON AUGUST 11, BUT YES, LET UPND PUT VERY TIGHT ANTI-RIGGING MEASURES. VIVA HH VIVA! VIVA UPND VIVA! ZAMBIA FORWARD WITH THE UPND TEAM. CHANGE, HERE WE COME!

    • Do you know what it means to write a message in all capital letters? It means your are shouting and people that shout are angry, bitter and are not in correct state of mind.

    • BREAKING NEWS*****

      GBM and Sampa were yesterday given matching orders by kitwe residents at chisokone market. What a shame for these maroons. This confirms another lose for this hungry hyena bitter heart

    • kikiki do people now listen to ZNBC propaganda. They just paraded as usual two complainants who were giving views after being paid something. I was there and i saw how people appreciated GBM and Sampa ‘s visit. The whole town came to a stand still.

  3. And the dry skull is here all the time. Does this mean this skull has no other things to do apart from blogging. Every posting the skull has a comment on it. Do you have anything else to do or you are paid by doing that?

    • This evil skull is paid by the PF to keep blogging all day, everyday. He does not have a life. He has to keep pleasing his pay masters in order to have his daily bread.

    • Dont worry Sir, Hunger Hyena will never get to plot 1. He thinks muzungu wopusa will help him. sic.
      ECL was coucollor. HH zero
      ECL was MP. HH zero
      ECL was Deputy Minister VIP office, HH Zero
      ECL is LT Officer. HH zero
      ECL was Home affairs Minister, HH zero
      ECL was Justice Minister, HH zero
      ECL had acted several times as President of Zambia, HH zero
      ECL has practiced and is a serving republican President, HH zero
      This CV cannot be sidelined to get a negaega negro thief with wopusa and company
      Hear hear hear

    • Father God, any evil thing, word and thought programmed into the sun, the moon and the stars against HH, dismantle and obliterate, in the name of Jesus. I terminate forever, every evil agreement, plan and cabal amongst HH’s opponents and the heavenlies, in the name of Jesus. Lord, bless HH, and cause Your face to shine upon him and let HH be known and favoured in each household. Father favour HH with triumph over his opponents. In Your favor, Lord, make his mountain stand strong and cause his horn to be exalted. Lord, this is HH’s set time for favor.

  4. Flip floppers… You usually thought ECZ will act on your rumour mongering. Making statements like the people have spoken….kikikiki which people. Dull under fives

  5. Kudo & kci are morons who needs to go back to school to learn debate. In short they’re idi….ots. HH will win weather you like it or not, some of us know you very Well & we will bring u down wen the right time comes.

    • Meanwhile GBM is wanted by police for assaulting a marketeer after they were unceremoniously chased from kitwe. Kikiki ba veep

  6. Ba Kakoma and some ignorant bloggers here, have you ever bid for a project? It’s not just the cost that matters but also the quality of the proposal. I have personally had the experience of bidding. What happens is that bidders are asked to submit two proposals: the financial proposal and technical proposal. What sometimes happens is that a bidder might offer a very low price in the financial proposal but with a substandard technical proposal; another might offer a high price in the financial proposal and a high quality technical proposal. The latter is likely is likely to be offered the bid despite his financial proposal being more expensive than the former’s. This is what I suspect happened in the ECZ case.

    • Do you think this is a tender to build your grandfathers house? Dont expose you ignorance here if you don’t know the seriousness of the matter. This has nothing to do with a tender process but credibility.

  7. No boycott. That is good news. The campaigns will gain momentum tomorrow as we hear promises from the two big parties in contention. Some insults do not need response. Let us just contribute issues pertaining to the subject matter. We should be concerned about our future because we will spend the rest of lives there.

  8. Abash UNIP type boycott! Soldier on….fisanga abaume….uyamupanga tatina nswanswa….aluta continua….paka litente

  9. Can UPND talk about democracy? When did they hold convention? Did they expect ECZ to listen to them? Do they know Priscilla Isaac? UPND has never won an protest how can they win an election?

    • The whole UPND know HH is the best man for the job, taking the party from obscurity with a heavy tribal tag to a universal party which is giving the ruling party sleepless nights despite spending $10 billion. Now the whole of PF see is HH when they are talking to their wife’s, when they are eating, when they are sleeping it’s all HH they see.

      The whole UPND know a convention will be a waiste of money when a leader is universally accepted and followed. No one in UPND is calling for a convention.

      Forward with HH.

  10. Very shameful. Lord have mercy. The ELECTION IS ALREADY RIGGED. LUNGU AND HIS DEVILS WHERE IN DUBAI AT A NAMEN SECRET HOTEL WHERE THEY ALL MET TO MANIPULATE THE VOTE. VERY SAD INDEED.

  11. You pf boys are an embarrassment to our society and generation. The problem is you don’t read and research. You always rely on propaganda from your so called masters. You pretend that you don’t see reality but busy supporting the failed regime. Shame on you. Can you mention only 5 successes which your Chagwa has scored since coming into power?
    I will mention 5 failures that Your Chagwa has scored:
    1. the depreciation of the Kwacha from K6.5 to K10.5
    2. the rise in inflation from 7.5 to 22.5
    3. High debt of up to 8 bn dollars
    4. load-shedding of up to more than 8 hrs per day
    5. high budget deficits never seen before in this country and drop in GDP from 7.5 to 2.5
    (I wonder, just like your masters, if you understand these things and wonder why you use your tribe to support instead…

    • Dont worry Sir, Hunger Hyena will never get to plot 1. He thinks muzungu wopusa will help him. sic.
      ECL was coucollor. HH zero
      ECL was MP. HH zero
      ECL was Deputy Minister VIP office, HH Zero
      ECL is LT Officer. HH zero
      ECL was Home affairs Minister, HH zero
      ECL was Justice Minister, HH zero
      ECL had acted several times as President of Zambia, HH zero
      ECL has practiced and is a serving republican President, HH zero
      This CV cannot be sidelined to get a negaega negro thief with wopusa and company
      Hear hear hear

    • You forgot to mention ECL is also a convicted fraudstar and was struck of the law society by LAZ.

    • I overrule (disallow and veto) every diabolical sanction, subverting activity, injunction, directive, mandate, or order, which opposes the will of the Lord concerning HH. I nullify diabolical decisions, plans, lies, calumny, incantations and rulings concerning HH. I take control over the airways, galaxies, systems, spheres, stratospheres, hemispheres, atmospheres, realms, regions, and domains. I dispossess master spirits and employ Michael, archangels, and the angelic host to handle any satanic contentions, disputes, strivings, and resistance concerning this injunction. I declare successful divine and angelic undertakings, under girding, reinforcements, and assistance for HH.

  12. Mr Kakoma, if you come and put a poster of your president in my front yard, of course I will tear it down. The logic is that maybe people in Lusaka do not support your party and your politics. You must only get worried if your posters get destroyed in YOUR backyard, Southy!

  13. Well said,
    Zambians can not postpone the day of their emancipation from this corrupt rule by PF,

    Come August, zambians shall be freed from the slavery of missmangment of our rich country

  14. @Mr Kudos;WHY A SKULL?THAT IS SATANISM HOW EVER YOU LOOK AT IT.A SKULL DEPICTS DEATH,MEANING YOU ARE AN AGENT OF DEATH;AN ALLY OF LUCIFER/SATAN.COME TO JESUS BEFORE YOU PERISH.

  15. The Zambian problem is deep and wide, its not just about ECZ, it the whole governance system. The Zambian government system is flawed, it only facilitates corruption , theft and only serves the President and his minions. Zambia is a sad, a country that is so rich in resources, never been to war but its so poor. Even countries that were ravaged by war like Rwanda and Angola are now toping the African Development Index.

  16. ALL THOSE PULLING DOWN CAMPAIGN POSTERS FOR VARIOUS CANDIDATES ARE CRIMINALS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE JUKES. LET EVERY POLITICIAN VYING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE PROVE THEIR WORTH TO THE VOTERS. ITS PREMITIVE FOR ONE TO WIN A GAME BY DISADVANTING ANOTHER COMPETITOR.ENSURE THAT ITS A CLEAN WINWITHY NO PETITIONS ETC. ITS MUST A CLEAN WIN. THE CONTEST IS BETWWEN EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU AND HH. LET THEM TELL THE NATION HOW THEY ARE GOING TO FIX THE CURRENT MESSY BESETTING OUR ECONOMY AND SOCIAL WELL BEING. IN FACT ALL CONTENDERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS SHOULD AVOID PERSONOALISING THE CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE THAT WILL NOT SOLVE OUR VARIOUS PROBLEMS. A SNAP LOOK AT THE ADVERTS FOR BOTH PF AND UPND HAS A LOT OF FLAWS. THEY ARE NOT TOUCHING THE MINDS OF MOST VOTERS ESPECIALLY THE GRASSROOT LEVELS. ITS LIKE THEY…

    • I effect and enforce God’s original plans and purposes over HH and against the plans and purposes of Satan. I decree and declare that in this election battle no intrinsic (internal) or extrinsic (external) weapon, be it emotional, financial, social, physical, psychological, interpersonal, spiritual, or organizational, formed against HH shall prosper. I place upon HH the armor of light and of the Lord. Truth to cover my loins. The breastplate of righteousness to cover my heart and chest cavity. The gospel of peace to cover HH’s feet. The shield of faith to defensively and offensively cover HH’s body. The helmet of salvation to cover HH’s head. The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God is HH’s weapon. The Lord Jesus Christ and a robe of righteousness to cover HH.

  17. God, I declare that every lying tongue is wrong and that truth prevails. Put a hook in their nostrils, bridle their lips, and hide me from the scourge of their tongue. I come against falsehoods, slander, speculation, accusation, misrepresentation, and character assassination against HH. Daddy God, cause the heavens to bow down with divine judgment; cast forth lightning to scatter them; shoot out Your arrows to destroy them; send Your hand from above and rid me of them. HH will lose no ground or territory gained through their undermining efforts or initiatives. I superimpose the prophetic word over all abortive measures, strategies, and tactics of the enemy. I prohibit the accuser of the brethren from operating or influencing the souls or minds of Zambians against HH.

  18. HH and his UPND team must be careful not to team up with losers like Kabimba because they will just derail him. Kabimba did not even manage to raise the money to pay for the August 11th elections. Some of these so called opposition parties want HH to go down with them. As things stand UPND stands a very good chance of winning provided they play their cards right. And playing the cards right in my opinion does not include the choosing of GBM as running mate. They are better bembas out there than GBM. I know he wants to sweet coat his team with a bemba touch, surely cant he find a good bemba out there? Or better still why not choose an easterner to give Lungu a good run for his money? So this route they want to choose of boycotting the elections or asking for postponement is not in the…

  19. Ba UPND, you have already lost yourselves this election. So what are you campaigning for? Too much money between HH and his running mate GBM?

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