HOW HH INTENDS TO “WIN” 2026 ELECTIONS
By Wynona Silwamba
President Hakainde Hichilema recognises that he has literally been knocked out of the 2026 presidential race because of his failure to address the various crises: economic crisis, high cost of living, food insecurity, youth unemployment, poverty, failure to deliver on his campaign promises such as cheaper mealie-meal, fuel electricity, fertiliser, cooking oil and sugar.
The United Party for National Development (UPND) has only two choices.
1. Change leadership, remove Hakainde Hichilema to present a new leader in 2026, to increase chances of the Party to retain power.
2. Rig the elections-Hichilema has chosen the second option. To manipulate the results of the 2026 general elections.
PREPARATIONS FOR 2026 ELECTIONS AND ITS MANIPULATION
Hichilema had evil foresight. He appointed persons from one region of the country to head all key positions.
He appointed Nelly Mutti and Mumba Malila to head the Legislature and Judiciary, respectively.
He has also appointed Vincent Blacksin Malambo SC as Chairperson of the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC), Prof. Mulela Margaret Munalula as President of the Constitutional Court and Hichilema’s associate, Arnold Mweetwa Shilimi, as Deputy President of the Constitutional Court.
Or, by the way, have you ever wondered why there were high rewards for the team from the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ)?
Board Chairperson Bradford Machila was appointed as State House Principle Private Secretary, Dr. Roma Chilengi (Chief Scientific Officer) appointed as State House Special Assistant for Health, Dr. Lawrence Mwananyanda appointed as State House Special Assistant for Projects, CIDRZ Board Member, Mrs. Kondwa Sakala Chibiya was appointed as a member of the Judicial Service Commission.
This team at CIDRZ was key in securing funding for the UPND hiding through the organisation. There is speculation were these funds came from, including from USA LGBTQ groups.
Hichilema appointed a senior member of the UPND, Frances Mwangala Ifunga Zaloumis, as Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Zambia. He also appointed a well-known UPND cadre and the Executive Director of Governance, Elections, Advocacy and Research Initiatives (GEARS), Mc donald Chipenzi, as Commissioner on thr ECZ Board.
GEARS was instrumental in training observers and affirming the 2021 election results.
Hichilema also appointed heads of the defence and national security from the same region.
He has also proceeded to appoint heads of state-owned enterprises and state agencies from the same region.
These appointments will be key in 2026 and will be useful for what is being prepared ahead.
2. DESTROY THE OPPOSITION
A systematic plan is underway to destroy and decimate the Opposition.
The Patriotic Front(PF) has been officially been proscribed, while a stooge has been imposed as President on the fake PF.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Nelly Mutti was quick to illegally change the leadership of the Opposition in Parliament, while Mumba Malila did not bother when the cases challenging the illegalities against the Patriotic Front, were deliberately stalled, deliberately delayed and deliberately sabotaged.
3. SHRINKING DEMOCRATIC SPACE
President Hichilema has heightened attacks against democracy and democratic institutions with the help of appointees such as the Inspector General of Police, Graphael Musamba.
He has restricted coverage of the Opposition on the public broadcaster, ZNBC.
He has banned political rallies, meetings, protests and demonstrations by the Opposition.
He has systematically arrested key leaders of the Opposition and has charged them with trumped up charges.
Vocal critics such as Socialist Party leader, Fred M’membe have been slapped with trumped up charges.
Amb.Emmanuel Mwamba, Rizwan Patel and other were tortured while other members of the Opposition have fled the country such as Economic and Equity Party (EEP) leader, Chilufya Tayali, former State House aide, Kaizer Zulu and former Minister of Information and former NDC Leader, Chishimba Kambwili.
But Kambwili was abducted from Zimbabwe, and forcibly returned to Zambia.
4. RIGGING INFRASTRUCTURE
Mwangala Zaloumis is being used to horn the rigging strategy that will be unleashed and implemented in 2026.
Since October 2023, the Patriotic Front has been banned from participating in elections.
The entire approach is meant to disenfranchise former President, Edgar Lungu who has returned to active politics.
The UPND have unleashed violence against other party agents that are chased from polling stations after close of poll.
The continuous voter registration and mobile NRC issuance exercises, are being abused to promote more voter numbers in Hichilema’s perceived stronghold.
In recent by-elections, the Police have ignored with impunity, reports of violence against members of the Opposition.
This is part of the larger strategy to restrict the operations of the critics and the Opposition.
5. ASSET SEIZURES AND DENIAL OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
Hichilema has made it clear that business entities perceived as threats against his interests will be destroyed.
He has seized their assets, denied them government businesses, and used institutions such as the Drug Enforcement Commission and the Zambia Revenue Authority(ZRA) to seize, quarantine or garnished targeted accounts against persons or entities he assumes may be against him.
On the other hand, he has extended government business opportunities to himself and his associates.
He has also increased opportunities to grab major State assets such as the copper mines to himself or his associates.
INFILTRATE AND REDUCE INFLUENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY
The Catholic Church and other church groupings have been targeted to reduce their influence. The leadership is insulted and scandalised using State House owned rogue online media organisations.
The UPND has set up and opened various media centres of social-media, radio callers, and bloggers to manufacture opinions that Hichilema is popular.
UPND has also invested in controlling radio and tv stations.
CONCLUSION
It is clear that Hichilema has an evil agenda to clamour to power.
He may be warned that there have been previous regimes that planned to steal elections and hoped to hold on to power did not succeed.
He will not succeed. The.masses will defend their vote.
This is high grade speculation and guess work born out of bitterness and anguish. None of these allegations can stand in a court of law.
Politicians in Zambia need to mature to the point where they are competing with ideas of how to better people’s lives, not hallucinating about the downfall of someone who is actually bettering people’s lives.
This is real!! Courtesy of the Putin formula!!
What a myopic write up!
This the only way HaUPND can win elections!!
This is all based on specifications.
Oh whata mistake to maka!!
Very well written sir. But let Hichilema and his Upnd know that rigging of 2026 elections will not succeed because almost the whole country is against Hichilema. Even in Southern province people are against him now because they are suffering they are very hungry, and they are saying continuing under Hichilema will mean dying from hunger. So tapali ichakwe! Even himself knows that he can’t win in 2026! The way people are suffering in this country now is like a country that is coming from a war period, where everything is starting afresh, every is very expensive, where nobody knows what to do! So he should just forget about rigging because he may just bring big problems on himself and the country!
Excluding opponents from the ballot courtesy of HaECZ,Hacourts, the Hapolice ban of opposition mobilization rallies is one way HaUPND will rigg the 2026 ballot
You have just said the Key word. Zambia is starting afresh. Isn’t that what is happening after the PF messed up big time economically
I always wonder why these opposition noise praise singers do not mention or comment on THE FIRST AND LAST MICHEAL SATA’s 2011-2014 CABINET WHICH COMPRISED OF BEMBAS AND EASTERNERS ONLY!! AND WHEN HE WAS ASKED WHY HE ONLY APPOINTED NORTHERNERS AND EASTERNERS ONLY, HIS RESPONSE WAS: ” I WORK WITH PEOPLE I’M COMFORTABLE WITH”. NOW, WHERE HAS HH GONE WRONG BY THE PEOPLE HE HAS APPOINTED??!!!! DOESN’T HE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE PEOPLE HE IS COMFORTABLE WITH TO WORK WITH??!! FOOL!!
So, two wrongs make a right? Not all praised Sata’s choices.There is a section of society which abhores regional discrimination regardless of the actors.So far you are following in the Sata footsteps,!!!!
How many of these stories are you going to create? Not long ago someone wrote a story on a 5 point plan for HH to stay in power at all cost, now you have just changed the heading to how HH intends to win 2026 elections. Do you know that it’s sin to heap false allegations on somebody, such allegations that you cannot prove. To the contrary to what you are saying, HH is Northwestern Province and you saw how people received him. He was in Chavuma and Zambezi today and you saw for yourself the crowds that came to welcome him and attended his rallies. Is that how a man who has lost popularity is received? Are you okay upstairs? Maybe you need an urgent mental checkup. I have just been looking at by election preliminary results for today’s voting, it’s like the ruling party is scooping all the wards including mayoral ones. So why are people still voting for the un popular President and government? Just wait, come 2026, you will get a shock of your life, another landslide awaits HH, the man is just unstoppable, wakuleka fye.
When you piece up an opinion, please minimise on obvious lies! The people you have mentioned here are not all from the same region!!!