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Eight pallets of ballot papers remain in South Africa, to arrive today.

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ECZ Chairperson Justice Ireen Mambilima

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says Universal print group has chartered another plane to carry the remaining 8 pallets of the ballot papers.

The 8 pallets containing the ballot papers for central and northwestern province remained in South Africa in order to avoid overloading.

ECZ chairperson justice Ireen Mambilima told journalist at the Lusaka International airport last evening that the remaining consignment is expected in the country today.

The verification and the distributions is also expected to commence today.

Justice Mambilima has noted that the commission is committed to ensuring the entire electoral process in held in a transparent manner.

Meanwhile, observers from the patriotic Front (PF) questioned justice Mambilima why the commission has only allowed only the police to guard the ballot papers in the warehouse were they are currently being kept awaiting distribution countrywide.

The observers noted that the ECZ should have allowed the stakeholders willing to spend a night at the warehouse to do so to avoid any possible suspicions.

However, justice Mambilima noted that the ECZ has the capacity to handle the storage of the ballot papers saying the police would be outside while the CCTV equipment would be left on inside the warehouse.

QFM

53 COMMENTS

  1. THE CANADIAN HIGH COMMISION SHOCKED WITH PF-POST

    Too much tujili jili mu PF. See now with their deluded M’membe at the PF-Post tabloid they even have an imaginary Bradford University in Canada doing them some electoral opinion poll. And this poll has national wide predetermined total ballot vote counts from a sample size of 300, 000 voters used. What a load of kitchen sink PF has degenerated into. In the election year they have stooped to such sub-level. Even the Canadian High Commission is vindicating rational actors in Zambia who have been consistently saying that PF is a deen of some circus Groupthink.

  2. PF’s Bradford University in Canada is only known to PF surrogates addicted to tujili jili. At that university existing in their heads only, it offers insulting skills, drinking of tujili jili and delusions.

    What a deeper credibility crisis in Sata and M’membe! Wittingly M’membe has sysytematically sabotaged desperate Sata already with credibility gap hard to close before sober Zambians.

    LoL!!!! BRADFORD UNIVERSITY, CANADA.

  3. You mean the Canadian High Commission led by a person who abandoned his party to become Vice President? The one who preached bloodshed if UNIP didn`t win elections in 1991. The one who not only on one occasion said he would never become a plotician. The one who became very desperate after being fired by LPM.

  4. Excuses Again.the all lot of those pallets where supposed to be moved at the same time.What security measures have been put in place for the remaining ballot papers in south Africa? who was remained to see to it that No one tempers with the ballot papers? there has been allegations of corruption with UPG and we cannot trust them any more.

  5. These remaining eight pallets of ballots are the ones most likey to ensure RuBBish ‘victory’. Plus the ones already smuggled in the country. Ba mmd mukachimona next week. Do not do anything stupid like rigging.

  6. why did the ballot-papers remain? MMD and ECZ at work, but anyway MMDS is going come 20th spt 2011 and then ECZ members will follow… and the rest is history. 

  7. LEAKS in are that the Electoral Commission of Zambia shall announce the final results of the September 20 tripartite elections on Thursday. Apparently, the MMD would win by a 400,000 margin. The inauguration ceremony programme for RB has already been prepared and the exact date for swearing in advised to the inner circle of the MMD government. All invitation cards to the ceremony have also been printed in readiness for RB’s swearing in ceremony.

  8. There is no rigging pipo.Why are you full of negative minds? Ba PF you behave like real cadres who have never beeen to school. You irritate me!

  9. Surely, no wonder these UPG are corrupt people. How come? Didnt they know the weights of the pallets earlier? Awe mwandi we dont want violence in our country – we must be as transparent as possible!! They should have chattered two planes that should have landed at the sametime in Lusaka so that all the ballot papers are safeguarded at the sametime!!

  10. Well it’s going to be my first time voting and pretty sure that my will make a change.
    No Rigging this time.

  11. That’s there problem efyo baba,I mean if the plane overloaded and crushed they wud still be the same chaps complaigning abt incompetence,apa manje ati tifuna ku rigginga.rigging only exists in your mind Tu pf!js prepare yourselves for another wallop!

  12. Ireen Mambilima & priscilla Isaacs, if at all you allow any fun thing like rigging to happen during this year’s tripatite elections, then just know that your days on mother earth will be numbered. You will all surely die a paniful death within this same year. Let the most favored candidate win the elections genueinly. So be careful and watch out……….!!!

  13. @ Italian Bunga Bunga, what are you on about. Which Canadian High Commission had links to UNIP, LPM and all the rubbish to you have posted? Or are trying to refer to Nevers Mumba who for your own information is actually the ZAMBIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER and the Zambian Mission in Canada that is infact refered to as the ZAMBIAN HIGH COMMISSION. Truth is that we ahve all tried to look for a Bradford University, college or campus of a college and we have drawn a blank!

  14. Olimba read my post again. Why do people rush to reply without understanding the context of other people`s posts? We know you are the one who posted as Senior Citizen. Readv the post again. Not the sharpest tool are ya!

  15. whether opinion poll or not for sure PF is carrying the day… be objective when looking at issues, and do you think Simutanyi’s polls are correct, please pipo all these polls are engineered polls…. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  16. Brandon University, formed in 1899 and located in Brandon, Mb., is the newest University in Manitoba , Canada.iF YOU ARE STILL DOUBTING YOU CAN GOOGLE CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES LIST.VIVA MWAMUKOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!sata is wining by more than 50%votes RB KUYA BEBELE BACK TO THE FARM MUKULYA IMYUNGU.

  17. This is shocking, to say the least. ECZ and MMD are arrogant and insensitive. How on earth do they create the impression that the batch that arrived yesterday was everything, only to follow this up with news that there were more ballot papers on the way?

    These may have been swapped from the genuine to the “doctored” ones, one may conclude. We need serious forensics to be employed by all the opposition political parties participating in these elections.

    Both the first consignment and the second must be closely examined, so that we are not led to think the first is okay, the second is bad. Both may be bad, actually. So keep your eyes open, look for details in the verification process.

    Disappointed citizen!

  18. WHATEVER HAPPENS, RIGGING OR NO RIGGING SATA IS WINNING. AREAS WHICH WILL MAKE SATA WIN ARE WESTERN P,ESP MONGU CENTRAL WHERE HE IS LIKELY TO GET OVER 10,000 VOTES, OTHERS ARE LUAPULA P. IN THE PREVIOUS ELECTIONS MMD SHARED VOTES IN LUAPULA, BUT NOT THIS YEAR,RB WILL BE TRAILING BY FAR. IN CHONGWE WHERE SATA WAS GETING AS LOW AS 100 VOTES, HE WILL BEAT RB BY FAR, IN SOLWEZI CENTRAL PF WILL MERGE VICTORIOUS. SORRY FOR MY POSTINGS BUT THESE ARE FACTS. SO PF SUPPORTERS DONT PANIC,BOLA PANSHI.

  19. pa bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Next week Friday, Sata is the 5th president of the republic of Zambia whether rigging or no rigging.Wina azalilaaa…!!!

  20. Its dangerous for some bloggers to think that PF and Sata has won already. Let us not be cheated by the curious masses who attend the rallies. Human being have certain characteristcs which are very difficult to determine. Just over night the mood may change and vote for X. Not even RB is safe. Lets wait until the game is over and the winner declared and sworn in by CJ. In fact we dont want a repeat of 2006 or 2008 where a winning candidate is sowrn in by doors without permitting willing members of the public to attend. Swearing in Head of State is not a secret but a public function. Further if the ECZ will temper with election materials at the end of the day they will have themselves to blame. Zambians are watching with their eyes wide open and alert than before.ECZmus be aware of Zambians

  21. His Excellency The President of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Michael Chilufya Sata, BSc Political Science (USA);BA Intergrated History (UK); Student MSc Political Science (UK). Donci ku bambila ba kabwaa………………!!!!!!!!

  22. The in-coming president; Mr. micheal Chilufya Sata next week friday. vote pa bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatooooooooooooooooo!!! mwamukoloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

  23. Vote mwamukolooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! Donci kubebaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Pf!!!

  24. i watched ZNBC and i remeber her saying-ALL BALLOT PAPERS ARE IN THE COUNTRY…the documents that were offloaded were not ballot papers..

  25. 34.
    Stop your ignorance and bootlicking.

    ECZ has said that the 2nd load contains voting paperwork for NW provinces and some other areas.
    A full count needs to be done before any papers are distributed anywhere.

    ACCOUNTABILITY IS NON EXISTENT BY MMD SO EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHECK FACTS.

  26. Naikosa ba some of us!! This time, with or without the ballot, muleya. Justice Mambilila kuponkwa bonse imwe nga mwapenya ifintu.

  27. Brandon University, formed in 1899 and located in Brandon,is the newest University in Manitoba , Canada.JUST GOOGLE,CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES LIST.VIVA MWAMUKOLOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!SATA IS WINING BY OVER 50%

  28. Awe bane nangu tapasoswa apapena kuya bebele ba mmd. Just from the comments you can see that has already won. sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    donchiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikubebaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  29. This namayo called justice Mambilima is at it again and it seems she does not learn hey! She will be the first one to licked if the nonsense to rigging is attempted, she must be ready for her actions. We want one vote to one candidate by one real registered and verified voter, anything les, you have been warned. Why can’t some… behave for once? Is this the reason the innocent justice Mumba was hounded out of ECZ? We have been beaten to the game of rigging so many times but NOT THIS TIME, it will be EGYPT case…

  30. They say beaten once twice shy, it happened before during Mwanawasa. So even if it means sleeping with ballot papers, let it be. It is an issue of life or Death. Enough with MMD.

    Of course Zambian Police are a joke, most corrupt and can be compromised. MMD Bloggers don’t behave smart we know the dirty games of your so-called Leaders like Dora. Cut the crup and let all stakeholders be involved in guiding the ballot papers.

    Uno Mwaka ni pa Bwatooooooo Dochi Kubeba and Obama supports it too???

  31. I dont feel sorry for Sata, was in MMD for 10 years with all the powers to influence the late Chiluba to have a good constitution.All he did was bootlicking and recruiting thugs to beat who ever had a different opinion MMD.This should serve as a lesson to all politicians and those planning to join politics in future.So what change is PF talking about with the same thug who beat people in Chawama and at the MMD conversion in Kabwe for 2001

  32. I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it…Behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven; He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree; and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the bests get away from under it, and thefowls from his branches: (Rupiah Banda & MMD YOUR PROPHECY TO BE FULFILLED VERY SOON) He has come down to shake you and your branches off.

  33. “Justice Mambilima told Journalists at Lusaka International Airport that all the ballot papers that were printed have arrived in the country.” This is in yesterdays story.

  34. Uyu mayo waku ECZ is a confused chap, she was announcing that all Ballot papers including the ones which had errors but later corrected have arrived, later on she changes her mind and says 8 pallets are missing and will only come later, we are in maningi trouble.

  35. guys lets keep our GUNS ready for this woman if she tries to mess with us like last time. we shall deal with you badly. tizakuombela mu muthu ireen iwe

  36. All PF cadres need to be checking their BP daily to avoid problems.
    The pumping rate (graph) should be on the rise as i am talking.
    The climax of the heart beat will be on 21st as the results will be announced. The time to play the song donchi kubeba and sing and dance is now, but after 21st, the story is gona change.

    UPND will image the biggest opposition and contender for 2016, but they will be closely challenged by NAREP.
    PF will be like FDD if at all it will still be standing, otherwise it will dimisnish.
    What will sustain PF up to 2016 are the MPs on PF ticket who will be waiting for gratuity. After the PF MPs get their gratuity they will even scatter in all directions most of them joining NAREP and some MMD, a few will go to UPND and PF will be competing with Heritage.

  37. What type of pallets? Is it wooden, plastic, new or used pallets any way? Are you sure it is only eight pallets? 

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