The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set December 17, 18 and 19 2014 as nomination dates for the presidential by election.
ECZ Spokesman Chris Akufuna said in a statement that all aspiring candidates will be required to pay 10,000 nonrefundable nomination fee and should take along with them 200 supporters who must be registered voters.
Mr. Akufuna also disclosed that the campaign period which commenced today, November 19 2014 will end at 18 Hours on 19th January 2015.
“Presidential aspiring candidates should lodge duly completed and attested statutory declaration of assets and liabilities, oath/affirmation of Zambian citizenship, declaration of compliance to the Electoral Code of Conduct (ECC 1) and nomination papers subscribed before the Returning Officer who is also the Chief Justice, on the said dates between 09 Hours and 17 Hours at the Supreme Court of Zambia. Candidates should also present sponsorship letters from their respective political parties,” Mr. Akufuna said.
He added, “In accordance with the election time table issued by the Commission, aspiring candidates should advise the Commission of the time they wish to lodge their nomination papers. Candidates should take along with them 200 supporters who must be registered voters. The supporters must have in their possession their green national registration and voters cards. All aspiring candidates will be required to pay K 10,00O (Ten Thousand Kwacha) nonrefundable nomination fee.
Zambia goes to the polls on January 20 105 to elect a successor to President Michael Sata who died in London last month.
Since when did Zambia have a restricted campaign period? So this explains why HH has not been on the campaign trail yet.
All this madness about limited campaign period before elections was brought by PF under Sata for fear of loosing popularity due the uncertainty it created in Zambia.
PF is a pack hyenas without a credible plan for Zambia as a whole.
Only one candidate makes sense in PF and that is E.Lungu. Even though they are all theives, E lungu seems the better devil than most PF minions.
PF cadres in missions abroad who think they will still hold on to their jobs after these elections better be ready to face a tough time back in Zambia under who ever will be elected because their jobs will vanish in thin air.
In Miles Sampa we trust.
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@1 wanzelu
Come on you have a better brain than that! But of course this explains why HH supporters have been campaigning all along!
Of corse there is a campaign period in any democracy!
Something seriously wrong with this NOnzelu guy. How do you question the existance of the campaign period? I think this guy is a kid with access to internet
iwe chi wanzelu stop commenting about the dead,we all know that as the under 5 supporter you re still not fully recovered from 2011 general election defeat thus the frustration everyday ,get sense before the majority of Zambian goes to the poll to chose there beloved party PF.
THANKS….. we are set as UPND.. but can you explain why the nomination day is on 17th December and not earlier than this……
So that in case any candidate dies before 17th December, there will be no need to postpone the election date
There will be drama when it comes to the sponsorship letter for the MMD candidate. More popcorn please…!
Why is the nomination fee so low? If one can afford K20,000 at the party level without sweating, what is K10,000? It should be at least K50,000 to eliminate time wasters. The race for the presidency of theRepublic is to be taken by the serious only.
I agree, in fact it should be not less than K100,000
Wanzelu, yes there has always been a time period for official campaigns, they end the day before polling day. You may have heard a complain at one time against the late president campaigning out of time at one of the many by elections.
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Nomination fee should be pegged at K100,000. Let’s petition ECZ
10pin??????? were will Vodka lunga find that much on top of a 20pin nomination fee at party level
k10 000 is too small an amount for someone who’ll still billions.Atleast k250 000
That fee is too low. Kick out time wasters and vote splitters by pegging it at K50,000. That low fee is inviting ridicule and jokers of all sorts to the Republican Presidency. You chaps at ECZ don’t know the meaning of Patriotism
I don’t know – why the discussion – EXCLUDE ALL who state their TRIBE !!!! BTW what do candidates fill out? C’mon LT show us the Presidential Nomination Mulenga-and-Jelita 🙂
ECZ job weldone k10 pin I will manage in 2o16 but 200 voter may be a problem any way we need fair elections .
Can one registered voter support more than one candidate (ofcourse at different times i.e today he escorts PF candidate and tomorrow he escorts ABZ candidate) for lodging in of nomination papers??? Answer me ASAP because i need to organise and pay 200 chaps soon