The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set Thursday 15 October as the date for the Kasama Central parliamentary by election and the four local government by –elections.
ECZ Public Relations Manager, Cris Akufuna, announced the development in a statement released to ZANIS in Lusaka today.
The Kasama Central seat fell vacant after the resignation of area Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Savior Chishimba from the Patriotic Front (PF) who has since formed his political party while the wards fell vacant after the death, resignation and criminal convictions of councillors.
Mr. Akufuna has since urged aspiring candidates to lodge in a completed and attested statutory declaration and nomination papers subscribed before a Magistrate, or Local court justice and Election Returning Officers among others on September 17, from 09:00 to 15:00 hours.
He said aspiring candidates for the Kasama by-election will be required to pay a non refundable nomination fee of K500, 000 and accompanied by nine supporters who are registered voters in Kasama.
He further said local government aspiring candidates will pay a non refundable nomination fee of K75, 000, 00 for Municipal Councils and K50, 000, 00 for District Councils and also have nine supporters with them.
The Commission has also set September 17 to October 14 2009 as the periods for campaigns for the eligible candidates and their political parties.
He also said applications for accreditation for Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) wishing to monitor the elections will take place from August 24 to October 10 2009.
Mr. Akufuna said political patties wishing to monitor the elections in the constituency shall only have a maximum of 20 officials each.
He further said that a maximum of 10 accredited officials shall represent each political party while two representatives each will be needed at the collation centers adding that not more than two party members per party will be allowed to witness counting of votes at the poling station.
By-elections in the wards will be held in Southern, Eastern, North -Western and Northern provinces.
ZANIS
This iz a totally unnecessary bye election. If there waz a way, better give the seat to the runner-up to the last election. And of course make Chishimba pay for taking the August House and the people of Kasama for a ride.
Another sign of RB manipulating our institutions. How do they announce the date just after RB launches his campaign. And Tomorrow RB will say I never influenced anything
Natuboma no bwatooooooooooooooo.
Am tired of Zambian politics, there is no substance in it. Ba LT NAIMWAE U should be editing your news some words are misspelled.
Akanwa kamwemfu takabepa. Mpombo told Teta that wilandasana mwaiche but ka Teta kept on ukubosa. Where is he now? Dying slowly…….hehehehehehe. No noise in kasama and the boat will sail thru smoothly. VIVA SATA…………VIVA PF
“And featuring on Joy FM radio, Sata said he would defeat both President Banda and Chiluba in the next elections” End Quote.
COMMENTS
If only Ichilema was not a disillusioned cadre that he is, he could have done a speech context analysis and realize how a mopping rag for Sata’s personal agenda he has become.Th chap has ruined Mazoka’s UPND surrendering to a de-facto perenial loser daily hyperventilating rubbish for no results.The PACT forget it.
“Sata said he would defeat both President Banda and Chiluba in the next elections” End Quote.
chi # 6 kalale ngataukwete ilyashi…………. Chimoneni nechisungu chakusawtila……
kasama people,this time around again you use your buttocks to vote instead of your brains simply because somebody will be screaming ubwatoo.already it’s in the domain that GBM is the one who is likely to come and stand on the PF ticket and he will be imposed since he is the one funding sata’s living and his party.
GBM , WAITAYA AGAIN!
By the time we understand why voting is so imprtant to our lives and that of our children and grand chrildren non of our own will ever think of becoming a president of Zambia as Mulongoti rightly put it “dont think Sata will ever become President Of Zambia coz of the clause in the Constitution that will require presidents to be degree holders” he encourage Sata to work hard between now and 2011 that he obtains a degree which he luaghed at. It Chiluba on it again, Kaunda saga revisited, watch out its coming soon. University education is not cheep. In numbers change can be done not for Sata but for posterity. Kasama be on the lookout. Namugala has chewd dont be cheated.