The verification of last week’s presidential by election results in Kasama was yesterday almost disrupted after some Patriotic Front (PF) cadres demanded to be paid allowances before witnessing the exercise.
The PF cadres claimed that the verification of ballot papers was a government exercise and as such they were entitled to receive lunch allowances.
The irate cadres also asked the election officials to give a detail explanation of what was involved in the verification of election results as most of them expressed ignorance on the exercise.
Some PF cadres claimed that the exercise should also involve re-counting of the ballot papers.
But responding to the queries, Kasama District Electoral Officer, Joseph Sampa, dismissed the PF demands for allowances to be paid to them for witnessing the verification of election results.
Mr. Sampa explained that the verification of presidential results was a voluntary exercise that did not require political stakeholders to be paid money.
He also clarified that the verification of the election results did not mean re-counting of ballot papers as that can only be done after a Court Order.
Mr. Sampa later convinced the PF members to continue with the exercise of verifying the results, saying the exercise was in the best interest of all political parties that took part in last Thursday’s presidential poll.
As at yesterday, only the ruling MMD and the PF had representation at the verification of presidential results while the UPND and the Heritage Party did not send representatives.
But a check today by ZANIS found all parties and some election observers busy witnessing the verification of election results, which is one of the post-election activities being conducted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) countrywide.
And in Kitwe, Various political parties today turned up for the voter verification exercise in the just-ended Presidential by elections at the Civic Centre.
Among the notable parties present were the Patriotic Front (PF), United Party for National Development UPND), Heritage Party (HP) and the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).
Kitwe Town Clerk, Ali Simwinga, said the exercise went on peacefully and there were no incidences recorded.
The exercise has given credibility to the just-ended elections.
He said all the political parties have signed the verification forms and are satisfied with the outcome of the election.
ZANIS/ENDS/LK/EB.
I think Sata need to realise that his people have run out of control and start working on installing discipline in his party before 2011. Otherwise they will lose the urban vote that they have consolidated. They are now behaving like a train wreck with a driver who has died at the wheel. Please Mr Sata show some leadership.
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What do you expect of PF cadres?. Almost all of them are semi-literate. It is had to find decent folk among the PF cadres.
#1&3 NO NOSENSE!!!!
let the pf pay them their lunch allowances and the ecz or govt
An unfaithful husband is making love to his wife and suddenly loses his erection.
Husband,’ Ya! but fi MMD now they are even following us to the bedroom, they’ve just rigged my Erection imagine bana bwalya.’
Wife,’ Awe fyena ifi fyachilamo bashi Bwalya, I can freely tell you that you are not being fair to me,we need an independent observer to come and
sort out this problem before this marriage falls apart.’
Realizing how serious the problem had become, he decides to sort it out himself.
Husband,’sorry my love, actually that was just a rejected ballot, let me vote again in a free and fair manner’
True to his word he casts his vote again and the couple is back to passiona
#3 what are you talking about when the workers are the ones that vote for PF. You are the one who is semi – literate. Check the elction results and see who votes for PF it is the educated workrs. Shame on you!!!! No womder David slew you
Just imagine if SATA was the presido, there would have been chaos pa Zed…..How can they know if the elections were rigged or not when they were ignorant about the whole process of verifications? kaponya chabe, ni munthu ovuta…
#6, thats a good one.. but I hope that didnt happen to u! Back to the topic, well I think these pa bwamba people… I mean pabwato people should be considerate. They are embarassing all the Sata Nyokans by behaving like they dont eat at their homes. Back me up buddies!!!!!!!!!
CHAPS U JUST LIKE FIGHTING I THINK. ALL THE BEST IN YO VERIFICATION, LETS JUST FORGET LET RB CONTINUE ITS ONLY 2011, THU I WILL NOT VOTE IF VILLAGERZZZZ DECIDE MY DESTINY ITS A SHARE WASTE OF TIME
whether they are paid or not….what difference will that make when RB is the president already????
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# 6 did that hapen to you? you seem to have indepth details of what happened.
Pa Zed, lwalinya.
Kindly spare Sata, he has got too much nkongole to settle for his election campaign. The man might just develop another heart failure at the rate things are going!
I wish Africans could copy from the Americans.
Tongas and Lozis why do hate bembas kanshi? Is it their problem that you are in minority? Remember presidence will never be won by any of you without bemba support mark my words.
Wina akali kulila!!! Pankolokooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Only a PF cadre would do such, strip, demand allowances..what next? These people need Jesus.
THERE IS A RUMOUR THAT RB SUFFERED A MINOR STROKE IN RSA
MULETUSEBANYA .
Ba pf stop that and show maturity.This is why you will never rule this country. The wise from the rural were scared of your unruly behaviour. The other problem is that even your leader canot be controlled too. Come 2011 we shall vote for a mature party. Education without wisdom is not worth it.
Can you all imagine how we would have been celebrating, if PF Leader Michael Chilufya Sata won these elections. Kuti mu Zambia mwaba nga ku America ama celebrations. Now cause Nyama Soya won through rigging, the country is very quiet kwati malilo twapokelela futi. Shame on MMD.
#7 concerned
I am sure you know that there educated nicompoops, these are the so called “educated” who support Sata. During the campaigns PF zealots kept on shouting that more manoey will come in our pocket. When asked how that would be done all would answer that Sata Knows. Some would say by reducing pay as you earn, when confronted with the fact that only 450 000 people are in formal employment the rest are self employed they fell to answer.
Did you listen to Sata’s press conference on radion phoenix? I hate to think what the world would’ve thought of Zed if he had won. He even called Chisuzi the army commander “Chisushi” Thank God for the intelligent rural voter. Sata HAS NOT EVEN THE LEAST LEADERSHIP QUALITIES…shame on his supporters…following blindly. Now his kaponyas are causing havoc all over!!!
# 20 ELYO WAISHIBA PALI STROKE , WAIT AND SEE
#6 Funny ha ha
“The verification of last week’s presidential by election results in Kasama was yesterday almost disrupted after some Patriotic Front (PF) cadres demanded to be paid allowances before witnessing the exercise.The PF cadres claimed that the verification of ballot papers was a government exercise and as such they were entitled to receive lunch allowances.”
Please PF cadres let us sometimes use our own resources to simple things. Also, ask your Party to give you money and reserve GRZ funds for serious things.
big ups to all zed people!!!
VIVA PF
# 20 Be reminded that RB is a sworn in president and we know your IP address. Causing alarm and defamation of the president are criminal offences in Zambia. Just go and demand your alowances for voter verification in Kasama so that you can continue to buy yourself ibange!
I just turned 21 today!
congrats
What projects has our 28 year old first lady embarked on?. its a trend in zambia. we want to know so that we can assist.
Uko!
RB came from the Farm to be Vice President then President,Now Sata is being sent 2 the farm by MMD Bloggers Outcry,so tht wen he kamz bak,he will be President also,Remember Levy was also woken up from deep sleep,..
Miss ZCAS. Happy birthday sweety. We need to link up so that i can give u a present. Ask for my number. Anonymous has it.
people Ali Simwinga is still Kitwe town clerk. i was in grade 6 in 1992 he was already kitwe town clerk today im working with 2 children he is still town clerk. or my God there is no retirement mu Zambia.
Please advise Sata that in Zambia now you only become President if you are woken up from sleep. Take Mwanawasa and Rupiah Banda , the were both woken up from sleep to become Presidents.
Sata needs to spend time sleeping if he is to ever become President of Zambia. Please advise him
PF stands for Prolific Fuuzi (as in nuts). How can you even imagine that such confused chaps can govern a country. Thank God that will never happen in Zambia.
# 6 thats so cool
PF is synonimous with Violence.
Why is Sata such a bad loser togather with his minions.Everywhere were there is Political violence PF is at the centre of it.Pliz am offering a piece of land to sata so that he can do some farming,this is rain season.
#41 ni nzelu za kuti ulinazo? if you are from the east it is good, am also offering a piece of land for my mbuya!
when are new ideas going to come if abena Ali simwinga are not retiring.
Come on, are u serious?? these people asked for this verification and now they are claiming meal allowances for a one hour exercise, but ba PF muli bansala nshatala monapo!!
# 6 i think you are MMD!!!
Miss Zicas Happy many more good years. Beware of sugar daddies.
ECZ please pay them we are only going to pay them the courts call for a recount.
Why would you send cadres to a verification exercise. Myabe I’m wrong but my impression of a cadre is basically akin to a Kaponya (I’m sure Kaponya’s would not like being equated to cadres). But back to my point, if we are to take oour democracy seriously, we need people with a level of maturity that treats these things with the seriousness they deserve. This whole issue of cheapening our practices by bringing in shouting and violent hooligans has got to come to an end. lets get serious.
Ms ZCAS instead of concentrating on your birthday please thing more about how your bithday will influence and bring about positive change to Zambia. I thought you people are ambassadors. I expect something much mature from you than that.Any way Happy birthday.
If you want to find logic in a PF cadre you are simply wasting your time. Even you, you risk being mistaken for a mad person if you try to use logic with PF cadres. All the time that you will be analysing and explaining issues they will be busy thinking you are a mad person until you do what they know best – fight, shout or insult then thy will take you seriously and consider you to be normal.
Ba PF mwawa
“We need similar ideologies. Patriotic Front (PF) President Michael Sata says political parties should only merge if they hold similar political ideologies. Mr. Sata says there is no need for political parties that do not have a similar agenda to come together. He was responding to a question on the need for the opposition parties to merge in a bid to oust the ruling MMD from government. This was during a press briefing in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, Friday. Mr. Sata questioned the credibility of the Zambian electoral system under the current legislation. He also reiterated his party’s plans to petition President Rupiah Banda’s election.” Source: w w w . z n b c . c o . z m. Why ask UPND?
#49 Its true about these PF cadre. they like confrotation every time. Tired of them because the winner of the election is now in control. No more noise around. Sheeee.
Cn u al shut up and knw tht last nyt ther almost was a military coup in zed..thts why ur RB didnt travel to kenya and sthafrika ths wknd…as u blog bare tht in mind..
ba sata and your pf die hards you go farm before rain season is over
PF just give your cadres the money!Show them how to put more money in their pockets!
Wat of those upnd monitorz in matero hu were nt paid,its normal to b late in payment..dnt despise PF…
Those PF chaps went for the verification hoping to receive allowances. Sata should give them the allowances from his own pocket before they start undressing. The PF party is habouring a lot mad people who should have been in mental assylum somewhere.
#44 I think you are sleeping. ECZ requested for verification PF wants a recount. You should differentiate the two. MMD l feel sorry for you, no celebrating for your fake Victory because you are sure it’s not real for MMD to win. DID YOU SEE THE CELEBRATION IN AMERICA. THAT’S WHAT WE CALL VICTORY. NOT WHEN YOU RIGG.
IYO MWANDI! IVI VI PF IVI! KAYA…. FIND SATA A FARM PLEASE!!!! OR A MINIBUS TO DRIVE.
PABWATO FOLLOWERS maningi ulunkonena! they instigated a recount, they should fend for themselves- BUGGERS!!!!!!!!!!!BLOODY HELL, just tell them to continue licking their wounds….., Their ‘wills’ will never be done…..
# 55, PF, IS KNEE DEEP IN ‘INKONGOLE’ used during the campaigns. Nomba ni amenso folo, they do not know how to pay back all the nkongolezi. Bali muchibe!!!!!!!!!
More money in their pockets! yeah you ARE RIGHT!give your members some bucks pliz. lets see charity beginning at home. no more government funds to be wasted on good for nothing janjaweed fellas.
GOD ba PF.ansoni wakamwiima leza. you were crying for the verifcation start now mukana kusenbenza. koma ndimwe vipuba i have never seen. ndiye problem yakusamphunzila. an educated person knows that time is money. lets finish the job at hand then tuciteko fimbi. we need to develop bane. thats one thing i hate about back home. things you can do in 1 day take twice as long to be accomplished. because of mentality ya bu kaponya.
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#9, whoever you are, I think your language is over the edge, that’s out of order. You can put forth your arguments without being sarcastic. Whatever the moderators do.
The reason why no one was on the streets partying after we won the election is that people were relieved after such large numbers for PF. In any case, people were voting against Sata rather than for MMD. And thank God they did.
Sorry, I meant to say people were more relieved than excited.
Yebo #17. You wonder why Tongas and Lozis hate Bembas. You sound like one of the semi-illiterate PF cadres. A literate person can tell that Zambia is characterised with regional voting. Bembas voted for Sata, Ba-kumawa voted for RB, and Tongas HH. Then you say Tongas will never get the presidency. Then I wonder whether you are semi-illiterate or complete illiterate. Who doesn’t know that Mwanawasa was a Tonga? My dear we don’t trust Bembas bcoz they are not honest with national treasures. Magande and Mwanawasa, Tongas, have transformed Zambia. Investors thought Sata, a Bemba, was going to be president. They held their money and our Kwacha lost strength. Just 24 hrs after RB was sworn in, th
Just 24 hrs after RB was sworn in, the kwacha gained by K 1000. The world over does not trust Sata. Look at what he did at Nakatindi hall. Please don’t impose that lunatic on Zambia. PF cadres are lunatics. Upon lost of PF, a PF woman undress in public. Lunatics lunatics ALL! Lunatics. We the learned think logically and vote wise.
Sata is no Lunatic. PF cadres are not Lunatics. The MMD win is always questionable, starting with LPM to Nyama Soya they all were and are rejected but the urban dwellers, the elite and learned. They claim there strongholds have shifted to the rural areas. it’s a shame the correcft version is they have been rejected in Urban areas. Sata has been restraining his paarty memebres. Right now MMD is not celebrating maybe in dark corners. because peoples feelings bottled up. it can erupt, not because of Sata but because they are not happy with outcome. Sata lost by 300,000 in 2001 now by 35,000. interprete for yourselves. he has support.
Sata is no Lunatic. PF cadres are not Lunatics. The MMD win is always questionable, starting with LPM to Nyama Soya are & were rejected buy the urban dwellers,the elite & learned. The MMD claim there strongholds have shifted to the rural areas. it’s a shame the correct version is they have been rejected in Urban areas. Sata has been restraining his party memebers. Right now MMD is not celebrating maybe in dark corners. because peoples feelings bottled up. it can erupt, not because of Sata but because they are not happy with outcome. Sata lost by 300,000 in 2001 now by 35,000. interprete for yourselves. He has become powerful and has workers support.
#68 what history books did you read. Mwanawasa was no Tonga. The late’s Mum was Lamba dad from Chibombo. Thats not Tonga.A Tonga is when a bemba marries a Kaonde, the resultant is a Tonga Buull.
Vi PF naveve! you want someone to pay you money to win an election. Just go and verify uko ala! ifyabupuba! ECZ recall the ballots those chaps must not waste our time. Its only three years we need to celebrate as well as develop the country at the same time. Tinawina Kudala!
SATA held a press conference yesterday at which he spent most of the time castigating and character assasinating General Chisuzi and Ephraim Mateyo
Sata is not straight in his talking and in his head. did you hear him talk ideologies? my big foot! what ideologies ? more money in your pocket is a different ideology from HH’s 3.5 million minimum salary for civil servants? isnt that the same think spoken differently?
iwe chi#7 lets call a spade a spade whether PF,MMD or APC if the cadres are unruly they need to be disciplined becoz the same they are doing today will be repeated during Sata’s reign thats if he will ever rule zed.
PF for “Poor Finishing” like our Zambia National Soccer Team.
Try reading strategy.
What is the ideaolgy of PF?
Can MMD riggers get the point, PF Cadres want a recount. SIMPLE! Can MMD rggers stop shaking and allow the recount to take place.
MMD is fully aware of the fact that if it was’nt for rigging and the vulnerable village voters who are now dying of poverty in Choma, SHREK would have been sleeping in the compound not in office.
Zambians be ashamed, from being role models in the southern region to world class riggers! what is your direction? Zambia has become Nigeria in the southern region. Trust no one from there. What do you think this village guy RB, who happened to be a step-brother to the late presido, going to do to improve your country? Guys your country has been in dust fot a very long time and you seem to have accepted being poor. What happened to the brains of that country or have they migrated? all of them? running away from village rule led by RB and the late? Zambia seems to be attracting only Chinese investors, why guys? what is your problem?
It is true that poverty breads corruption.
PF supporters are the most uncivlised bunch of twits I’ve ever come across! and they wonder why they keep LOSING elections? You will never RULE us you thugs/thieves/unprincipled ba$tards…
Tuluse tuwine, we are still on the boat, by the way those thinking that it is over will be suprised. why so silence pa ZED? ask yourselves this question, why a strong and tight security in lusaka these weeks? we can burry maize but one day it will emerge from the soil. Nyama Soya should look for a way to speak to SATA.
If Sata had a way, he would freeze his body in an ice chamber to get younger so that he can run this country. Anyone who likes mugabe, has something in common with him. Even if Sata won, where would he have got people for his cabinet pantu balitamfya abengi. God is powerful, has seen that Sata teti ateke mwebantu, kuti atekako inkoko pa farm.
Ba PF nishi, let sata pay you your money, after all he is more money in your pockets. have you now become block that you have resorted to begging. This is just the begining, waste things are yet to come
SATA will never rule this great nation as for now he should jst pay and spare us da noise.May b its even a ka gimic to swindle his sponsors.