Mazabuka district has started receiving election materials in readiness for the Presidential by-election.
Transparent ballot boxes have arrived in Mazabuka district.
Mazabuka Town Clerk, Ekan Chingangu, disclosed this to ZANIS in Mazabuka today that transparent ballot boxes have arrived in the district.
Mr Chingangu said the Electoral Commission of Zambia, ECZ, 182 new transparent boxes which have since been dispatched to the district..
He said the boxes are enough to cater for all the polling stations dotted around the district.
Mr Chingangu also revealed that the recruitment of election polling agents and assistants to handle the Presidential bye-election in the district is underway.
He explained that this has been done considering the limited time left before the elections.
The Presidential by-election has been necessitated by the death of President Levy Mwanawasa on August 19, 2008.
And the ruling MMD in Nakonde district has resolved to support Vice President, Rupiah Banda, as party’s presidential candidate for the forth coming Presidential by-election.
Nakonde MMD constituency Chairman, Joy Siame, told ZANIS in Nakonde today that the party in the district is confident that Mr Banda is credible enough to carry on with late President Levy Mwanawasa’s mandate of developing the country.
Ms Siame said Mr Banda has the necessary leadership qualities to succeed the late leader and ensure continuity of the development programmes initiated by late Dr Mwanawasa.
“As a party in the district we feel that the acting president cannot be difficult to sale to the public because he has been acting head of state since President Mwanawasa left the country for Egypt where he got sick and later died in Paris, France,” Said Siame.
She said what the party required now was a leader who could help complete the pending development projects during the remaining period before the country goes to the general elections in 2011.
She has since appealed for peace and unity in the party before and after the National Executive Committee elect the person to succeed the late President Mwanawasa.
Five aspirants have so far applied for adoption as MMD candidates for the November Presidential by-elections.
Vice President Rupiah Banda, former Vice Presidents Nevers Mumba and Enoch Kavindele, Ministers Ng’andu Magande, Brian Chituwo and Ronnie Shikapwasha are among the aspiring candidates.
ZANIS/ENDS/HC/SJK
Just because the guy is vice president doesnt mean he has the necessary leadership qualities. Zambia can do better.
Such reports give me the impression that RB would be the right person to stand for the next 3 years and i am being accused of being soft. Can someone give me some proper info on the ground.is it because of political affiliation that you can not give a clear view
mwayamba bwangu bane.this is why other are collapsing knowin better that PF will dislocate them soon.
Tatulashika no shika!!! Tekanyeni fye…
First we should get rid of time wasters like, “HH(?)”, BY, FDD, UNIP, HERITAGE Party and other tuntembas. We dnt want unnecessary by-elections for MPs. Lets concentrate on Parties with MPs.
Why should we vote for RB?
What has RB done?
Is Acting without making descisions good leadership?
We can noafford having people in office simply because they will preserve unity in their party. Th office of Prezdo goes beyond party politics.
RB cant run this coutry. He was close to LPM just buy virture of his position and nothing else. Did you see how he failled to articulate policy issues during the just ended partnehip forum? The man was saved from embarrassment by Magande and Mutati.
For once i urge you Zedians to be realistic.
Maybe i am being missunderstood here it is adoption we are talking about fr the mmd. presidential issues after and when the real campaigns start
That UNIP guy is has no agenda.
Uchipo are you in Zed? Coz your analysis of serious issues should be questioned.
Actually RB will notqualify because he is not MMD.
Actually RB will notqualify because he is not MMD.just moniter Katele in his statements.well tergeted.
For Election lets give people with good policies
but zoona how can ballot boxes start arriving this time these bastards have serious rigging plans wait and see and there are serious brewing problems because some mmd members want to put rupiah there and puppeteer him but he switch on them like cabbage did and the post newspaper are routing for magande and some other mmd members but look at what mutati has done awarding himself serios contracts at zccm and serious gross misconduct and so has the ministry of finance been rocked with missappropriation of funds either way rupiah is not ideal and magande isnt either
But surely if not RB, MMD can do better than magande.If i had the power, I can let felix Mutati take over.
I concur concern Zambian , RB is waste of time , MMD also should go and rest like UNIP is doing ? Sata keep quiet old man , New Generation GO GO ! Just because the guy is vice president doesnt mean he has the necessary leadership qualities.Its time for under 5 , Zambia can do better.
MMD shouldnt use rural areas as rigging grounds!!!! Takwaba ifintu fyafikila kulusaka mwafitwala ku Mazabuka. Just do the right thing… if you are serious and ready just send the boxes to all the areas.
To run a country you need a person with an insight and a bit of experience in the politcal world. Tekubulafye ati pantu balikwata company iyikulu. They can have big companies, but we are talking about a country here. Zambians be more serious with National issues. No under 5 please…
u chaps should learn to be serious. last elections some areas received ballot boxes late. this time ballot boxes are arriving early and u want to start accusing the MMD of rigging. be reasonable. ECZ is trying to do a good job and u can’t be thankful
Ballot boxes arriving early in the Nation is being serious BUT ballot boxes arriving early in Mazabuka alone that is not being serious okey ba Chikondi
#19 KT good point but obviously they had to start from somewhere. It could easily have been lsk, ndola, mansa, mongu or wherever. if ballot boxes are late this time round then we can crucify ECZ. But getting over zealous because ballot boxes have arrived early doesn’t make sense to me.
ala pipo lets not put another dead walking president. those prone to heart attacks shd not be consider. imagine another dead president touring the country.
the issue of ballot boxes arriving in time is gud . hats off ecz. i think they shd ensure that boxes are put in place as early as possible so avoid what happened in the past.
Being vice president does not mean one has leadership qualities RB has no vision for Zambia.
Why Mazabuka receiving ballot boxes first, they want to rig .Mazabuka is Magande’s home district Magoye to be specific
I was just reading something on zambia online web site and “Condolences Book For Mr Michael Sata ” has already been opened
Ok joke it was for something else
Ok on a serious matter there is no problem with the boxes getting there early some of you just critises for the sake of it if they are late its rigging they are early its rigging so what do you want???the boxes not getting there completely might make you happy or did you want each opposition party to deliver there boxes and voting papers by themselves. be realistic
How can ballot boxes be sent this early without it being announced to the nation by ECZ?
Or mabe ECZ did announce and I did not see read or hear……
Bushe ifintu filifye bwino or should we expect some dribbling again?
Please let these Presidential by-elections be free and fair.
Remember just yesterday you were pointing (I do not know if it is a clean finger OR a dirty finger) at Robert Mugabe. Let us see what Zambia will show the world and its neighbour’s especially Zim who we condemmed.
#24 can u suggest a place where the ballot boxes should arrive first so as not to arouse your suspicions?
Could it not be possible that the ballot boxes have also ben sent to other districts confidentially and the Mazabuka town clerk made the announcement ignorantly? Just a thought which I think makes sense. The ECZ couldnot have sent the boxes to Mazabuka alone.
I can see alot more of power hungry people even on this blog.Its just a bye-election gents, which will take only three years.After which elctions will be held.what will these guys vieing for Presidency show us in Three Year term?thirty-six months?Awe gaizi beniko serious.
A vote for MMD = more zesco load shedding, MMD has no secure energy policy for Zambia
A vote for MMD = Third term of 17 years, MMD want to rule more than UNIP, 27 yrs of one party rule.
A vote for MMD = Teachers are trained but no school allocation for them, instead they are put on waiting list coz Magande does want to spend money on education .
A Vote for MMD = more potholes in roads hence more accidents in zambians roads..can we afford that?
A vote for MMD= poorer hospitals becoz MMD officials go to south africa’s hospital for treatment.
A vote for MMD= Doctors, nurses, teachers, civil servants are not paid salaries and no housing allowed despite govt promises.Today is Augu
#28 the ballot boxes should have been taken first somewhere else e.g shangombo
I’ll vote for HH.
BALLOT BOXES HAVE ALREADY STARTED ARRIVING.. BA MMD BA LINA MA PLANS YO RIGGINGA ZO IPA… UPND!!!!!!!!!!
#32 so if they went to shangombo first you wuldnt have been suspicious. lol. get serious.
maureen is saying mugande is lpm`s choice, i can smell a rat, she wants someone who is going to look after the family tree,she just has to come to teams that her days are over, as the saying goes, on your way up remember them that are down, she has made more enermie than friends, her only friend is membe at the post, i wont be suprised if he had her as a secound wife, how brave can one be even before burial she give an interview to the post, it would have made sense if ti was the times or daily mail coz they are state owned but a privet paper like the post, something fishy about the post and maureen,, mourn your hub first.this also shows how much she was in contol of levy`s life.
maureen is saying mugande is lpm`s choice, i can smell a rat, she wants someone who is going to look after the family tree,she just has to come to teams that her days are over, as the saying goes, on your way up remember them that are down, she has made more enermies than friends, her only friend is membe at the post, i wont be suprised if he had her as a secound wife, how brave can one be even before burial she give an interview to the post, it would have made sense if itwas the times or daily mail coz they are state owned but a privet paper like the post, something fishy about the post and maureen,, mourn your hub first.this also shows how much she was in control of levy`s life.
The site looks coo now
Its interesting to read about the thinking of some Zambians. What ECZ has done is to send out empty transparent ballot boxes and not ballot papers, so how the hell are people concluding that there are plans to rig the elections? This is not the only case, there are other issues where people just write without due regard for the readership- even what does not make common sense. I would like to appeal to those of us who post material on this blog to please exercise some level of maturity and decency because this is a forum to inform and educate each other. Those of us who may not have anything sensible to offer at anytime should wait until they can meaningfully debate issues on the floor.
This is bad why have they taken the ballots to Mazabuka so early? there is a fish somewhere in ZAMBIA which is not in the fridge we will smell it soon!!!!!
#39 well said but then #40 totally ruins it by posting the same rubbish as his friends above.
abena zambia, kwena mula concluda! kalikonse mwamona imwe ya, ninshi mwa concluda!
Transparent ballot boxes are best. Well done GRZ or is it ECZ.
#16 is right. How can ballot oxes start in mazabuka? i smell ELECTION RIGGING here.
*boxes distribution
If there is anything like rigging, don’t you think it would be within the MMD stronghold which is not the case with Southern Province. Learn to appreciate and give credit where it is due. ECZ is only doing its job. Grow up and be objective not always being a cry baby shaa…
Why start from mazabuka and not some where far like nakonde or kaputa
CONFUSION OHH CONFUSOIN WHO IS RIGHT and WHO IS WRONG? THEY ARE SO MANY POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES FROM THE BLOGERS. DAYS ARE GOING MAKE UP YOUR MINDS, WE NEED ONLY ONE PRESIDENT TO TAKE US TO 2011. LET US BE FIRM AND SERIOUS OR ELSE ZAMBIA WILL END UP LIKE ZIMBABWE. FORGET ABOUT YOUR DREAMS GUYS BRING CONCRETE THINGS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY.YOU POLITICIANS DREAMS ASIDE BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THE MONEY TO FLEE FROM THE COUNTRY WHEN YOU START YOUR PASASE,YOU ACT MATURELY DONT ACT LIKE PRIMARY SCHOOL BOYS.ITS ONLY 3YRS. STOP FIGHTING YOU ARE JUST SHOWING HOW GREED AND DAFT YOU ARE. LET THE ZAMBIANS CHOOSE WHOM THEY WANT. VAPOLITISHANI BOLA PASNSHI MWE VAFYASHI.MWE.
“Gentlemen, let me admit that am the least among you. Am a retired man whose only merit to address you is patriotism, a creation of many years of privilege to serve which I did not necessarily deserve. I thank his honor for calling you at short notice and for allowing me to once again be part and parcel of a solution to an unprecedented problem in our country.” Vijayaguru looked at the men before him. “Your honor, file number 003 gives a verbatim report of a confidential meeting of four people looking for a solution to a desperate situation back in 2001. The meeting went well into the wee hours of the morning but finally resulted into a phone call to surmon a fifth man. I made that call bec
because at the time I was the only one who had his number. Precisely the man whose departure necessitates this meeting. 70% of the people rejected our choice at the ballot box but today history is on our side. I urge you…………”
“What about the party constitutional…?” Kinda’s question was cut short. Vijayaguru dipped his bony hand into a plastic bag and produce an old party card dated December 1999. “How about the widow’s pref…” squeaked Magende. “There is a country before us gentlemen. Love has never created a country just like peace has never created war. In our case, love and sorrow should be replaced by a sense of duty towards national survival and unity. We will have failed if we do not l
Chill out pipo give each and every candidate a chance to spell out where they want to take the country.Iam a little bit suspecious about the endosments that are flying from everwhere.Maureen spoke with a lot of authority about her endorsement but countrymen this is not about Levy but the the country that we all love.She probably want to see some pipo to take over from her husband whom we so much respect but that tone in her voice make me worried.She can say the wishes of levy without been so forcefull,this is democracy and the pipo must play a big role.May be she can find someone to speak for her until Levy is put to rest
Lepharney
BREAKING NEWS!!! MWANAWASA LEFT A recorded tape that will be televised on sep 4th.. the the video was recorded in 2005…lets wait and see..this is info from the first lady!
Let the rigging begin! In the end, every nation deserves the leadership it elects into office!
I bet Maureen knows what’s on the tape, though she says she doesn’t ! It would be great if on the video he tells the nation not to trust anything she says !! ha ha !
forgive me for saying this but this woman is a conniving witch the funeral isnt yet done and she is already making foolish statements she is so ambitious and calculated.am sure she made that tape back when levy was falling sick because we all know the man would have died earlier(in reality he was a walking coffin) everything was calculated if anything this woman is wishing she can stand for the election.watch and see
I hope these guys will not rig the elections coz they rigged last elections mumishi. So the opposition should not concentrate in town but the rural areas. The opposition should hire more people to monitor elections in rural areas. Otherwise RB will be imposed on us again and Zambia will completely finish.
What everever MMD will put up is better than what these chimutengo parties you call opposition would. For one thing they (chimutengo opposition parties) can’t even find someone to represent and lead them, hence remain and continue to be divided. How do you expect such people to lead the nation let alone win an election?
I will vote for HH
Iwe #36. jamba machila from nampundwe. The Post, The nchito brothers and Former fisrt lady are one team. They have their meetings from Mack chona ‘s house. one of them has told me that. Its a sad development. She is busy trying to put someone who will protect her deals. LPM was some what clean but not fisrt lady. the deals through MMCI were too much. those donatations you were seeing, money was going in bihind us. Her time has come! we cant be ruled by a newspaper, an airline and a widowed first lady. its wrong
People you are right why Mazabuka why not start with Kafue and then Mazabuka! Look out mmd is planning something.
RB is not fit to be a president he can’t even control cabinet. MMD politics are bad already people from provinces are calling for adoption of RB what is the work of NEC. NEC should be indipendent don’t listen empty tins.
Let the former first lady her time is over.
RB ku farm,,
i dnt trust RB because he confesed he cannot hand the position and it will be very unwise for anyone to consider a coward for such a job that is soo involving. to me RB didnt show leadership qualities and i wonder if at all he ever acted in his boss’s posistion while he was working.
we need to stop all this nonsense its totally rubbish why MMD when we know RB has no vision and no plan for the nation where is he going 2 take our country lets not experiment things he just want to sow were he dint rip zambians should not be taken for granted being a vice, it doesnt mean that he Is brave enough to b the president lets vote them out i think pf has a vision
Ballot boxes are all-over the country show but when are we voting for SATA?
I think there is nothing wrong with havin the ballot boxes . They are empty so we need not worry and besides we have very little time before the elections . let’s vote wisely
People, don’t quarrel over a very simple issue. The fact that MMD is divided gives us a clear indication that rigging will be a problem to them. Bakalatiina uku zalana. So those that will have a chance to vote, you vote like intellectuals and not like ‘marketeers’.
$900 000.00 transfered to Zesco
Bwinjimfumu for Maureen and N MAGANDE
MMD NEC to hand pick contender
Ballot Boxes already in Mazabuka, MAZABUKA???????????????
Sound familar? rigging is underway. Soon VJ will be recalled from retirement. He is the expert at that.
we want to know the polling date and not where the ballot boxes arrive early.afterall they are transparent.
This is good progress chi RB. I’m just about to dispatch a container of
cheap chinese foods to exploit the villagers so that they vote for you. I hope the ship will come in time mwaiche, i’m a bit stingy to spend on an aeroplane.
Meanwhile two of my brothers are stranded at immigration, please grant them access to the country so that they can start selling buttons in town as soon as possible.
Soon I’ll deliver the special ballot boxes which look transparent but they have a headstart specially for you RB.
OOps! oh my gad, that’s a personal e-mail to RB. Ba LT how can i delete it? i thought i was in my Google mail.
please Sambian people don’t look at it. You know these diplomatic and bilateral relations of documentation for the govermentation of the unification and the corporation of the two mutually interconnected trade partners Sambia and China.
It’s not what it looks like, ni code.
Me I am from the village and this is my humble appeal to all the people. Just because MMD buys us out every election year, You think we are very ignorant te? I travelled 40 kilometres to Kalambilongole Internet Cafe and they are charging me K800 per minute.
I want the rest of the nation to know that this time we shall accept money and gifts from everyone but we won’t vote for Movement for Mass Destruction MMD.
My humble appeal to my fellow villagers in the hood, please let us show the nation that we are not easy to buy. I am repeating please ACCEPT ALL THE BRIBES and be thankful it’s a blessing from heaven. But on the big day please vote for the candidate of your choice. Do not be afraid
Ba Sata, you are now the father of the land and the new Son of Africa. Come election day and all this small talk about MMD will disappear. Your chance to shine has come. You have a waited for so many years. You have not waivered or sought other parties like the local prostitute Nevus Mumba. Now please make a good change for the people. WE CAN Have you people realised how much media coverage we are going to get in this election? In November it’s Obama’s chance to shine, so on every news channel they will show the parallel progress of the Zambian Elections. This is good news. no chance for rigging. Sorry ka VJ. Time for you to go meet your creator.
We are happy that the ECZ is making these timely deliveries of the ballot boxes,bane lets be a little more critical in our analysis, how can Magande be accused of rigging when he has’nt even won the MMD nomination yet?These ballot boxes are for the Presidential elctions not MMD elections.Lets commend the ECZ for making these timely deliveries.Come November they will not have any excuses as far ballot box deliveries are concerned.What we should be noting and wary of is the mumber of boxes being delivered to each polling station.
COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN IT’S TO CHANGE THE GOVT.
NO PRPER JOBS
NO PROPER HOSPITAL FACILITIES WHICH IS THE CASE WHY THESE PEOPLE
GO OUT THERE AND SPEND ALOT OF MONIES AND DIE AT THE END. YET A MAJORITY OF A PEOPLE THAT PUT THESE GUYS IN POWER ARE SUFFERING AND CAN ONLY AFFORD A HOSPITAL THAT WILL GIVE THEM PAIN KILLERS.
LETS BE SERIOUS GUYS…