Lubinda files bid to contest PF presidency!
Acting Patriotic Front (PF) faction President Given Lubinda has officially filed his nomination to contest the party presidency ahead of the PF National Conference scheduled for November 2025.
Lubinda has since paid the required K200,000 nomination fee.
Lubinda becomes the latest aspirant to do so, joining others such as Lusaka lawyer Makebi Zulu, who is yet to file his nomination.
He says his filing reflects that his party is democratic
Recently, South Africa-based businessman Willah Mudolo also joined the list of presidential hopefuls after paying the K200,000 fee.
Other presidential aspirants who have already filed their nominations and been adopted by the party’s Central Committee include Brian Mundubile, Greyford Monde, Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, Emmanuel Mwamba, Miles Sampa, Mutotwe Kafwaya, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya, Dr. Chishimba Kambwili, and Goodward Mulubwa.
The Patriotic Front is holding its national conference for the first time since the death of its former leader and sixth Republican President Edgar Lungu, who passed away on June 5, 2025.
Former President Lungu has not yet been buried due to an ongoing impasse between his family and the Zambian government.
Zambia heads to the polls on August 13, 2026.
-Diamond TV
For the very first time since its inception, PF will be attempting to practice democracy. Since they are so inexperienced, we can only wish them an injury-free convention. for PF they don’t say may the best candidate win, they say may the strongest candidate win!
A Stampede it will be.
Claiming to be democratic but not gender sensitive, image having twelve men aspirants but zero women. Is it not selfishness now?
There’s no honour amongst thieves… The power hungry ones have yet appeared again….
That’s the way to go.
We have had one “Wamuyaya” who hasn’t held a Convention from the time he was given the Presidency of the UPND on Tribal lines.
Since then has just been reappointing himself and making appointments to the National Management Committee.
And yet the Praise Zealots want to hold the Patriotic Front to standards which themselves have failed to keep.
In the Patriotic Front there has been Michael Sata, Edgar Lungu and now Given Lubinda as acting Present.
In the UPND there has only been Hakainde Hichilema for over 20 years. A youth of 20 years only knows Hakainde Hichilema as President of UPND.
Now because the Person regarded as a ” demi God ” has experienced the sad event of Stones raining on him in Chingola, they want everything living, yet to be born and the unborn to condemn the actions of the Chingola Youths.. Every Chief, Headman, Pastor, Bishop , political party, Students, babies, foetus, should condemn the actions of those unruly Youths.
Yes it is wrong now to stone the President, just as it was wrong when President Edgar Lungu was stoned and insulted in Kyawama Solwezi in 2015, in Monze 2020, had his motorcade obstructed in 2019, and booed in 2025 .
Thank you, and may the Patriotic Front Convention succeed.