TONSE ALLIANCE UNVEILS MANIFESTO, BACKS MUNDUBILE AS 2026 FLAG BEARER
…As Secretary General Chris Zumani reveals late President Lungu’s “Plan B”
LUSAKA, Saturday– The Tonse Alliance formally launched its 2026 election manifesto at the Golden Peacock Hotel in Lusaka today, declaring Hon. Brian Mundubile as the opposition bloc’s presidential candidate and vowing to end what it called “suffering and undemocratic governance.”
In remarks to alliance members and media, Secretary General Chris Zumani, former political advisor to late president Edgar Lungu, said the core purpose of forming the Tonse Alliance was to “find the most popular leader in the opposition” who could unite Zambians ahead of the 2026 general election.
“The alliance held a conference and elected Hon. Brian Mundubile who emerged as the most popular candidate,” Dr. Zumani announced to applause.
In a striking disclosure, Dr. Zumani said the late President Edgar Lungu had personally discussed his “Plan B” with him after the courts blocked Lungu from standing in the 2026 polls.
“Mundubile was among the top five PF members whom President Lungu wanted to use to win the election as his Plan B,” Dr. Zumani told the gathering.
He added: “The political wind of change is blowing towards Brian Mundubile and the Tonse Alliance.”
Dr. Esther Banda, one of the technocrats who drafted the document, described it as a “transformative manifesto that will result in improving the lives of ordinary citizens.”
“Development should be felt by the citizens, not political rhetoric,” she said.
Dr. Banda explained one of the manifesto’s defining phrases, “nakulu Mutinta ne imisepela pamakasa,” saying it refers to the poor, marginalized and ordinary Zambians, especially mothers and youths who rise before sunrise to hustle for survival, whose economic affairs should be improved.
She added that the manifesto aims to restore democracy, the rule of law, and public trust, while rebuilding the state and professionalizing the civil service.
Alliance Vice president Chifumu Banda said the document would “change and deliver Zambia’s social and economic transformation.”
Closing the launch, Alliance President Brian Mundubile pledged an inclusive government if elected.
He envisioned a modern, industrialized Zambia where opportunity is not a privilege for the connected few, but a right for every citizen.
“Under the Tonse Alliance, I will form a government that is inclusive, with equal recognition and power for Zambians from all 10 provinces,” president Mundubile said.
He stressed that only through unity of purpose would the alliance liberate Zambia.
“Enough is enough of suffering and undemocratic governance,” he added.
The launch sets the stage for what is expected to be a heated run-up to 2026, with the Tonse Alliance positioning Mundubile as the unity candidate of the opposition and heir to Lungu’s political base.
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Anyone associated with the former ruling party PF, must be treated with extreme caution. These are the same people who drove our country to the brink of total collapse, but for divine intervention.
We are coming out of the nightmarish hole they dug us into and now they want to take us back to the hellish days of cadre violence, corruption, lawlessness, vulgar language and exclusive opportunity (for their cadres only).
Expect a double dose of all the hell we experienced during the reign of PF. They still hold on to the ideals of their great leader, Mr. Lungu and we all know what his legacy is. This time around, they will take no prisoners.
Akabwelelo kalalya.
Just a grouping of thieves trying to come back to steal more funds from our treasury.They left the economy in ICU.They were giving themselves contracts just to steal these thieves.Nothing new from these people