IS IT A PUNISHMENT TO BE ADOPTED ON THE UPND TICKET?
By Innocent Matyola (UPND)
Good morning colleagues,
I have observed with dismay in the way this 2026 general election is being conducted by our leadership.
Do our leaders truly understand what it takes to return power?
Do we honestly think the lack of visibility on the ground is a sign of victory?
Why does it appear like the ruling party is too broke to financially support the adopted colleagues?
Are our adpoted colleagues now being punished for indicating ability to manage the campaigns ?
Does the presidential vote matter to our leadership or the candidates themselves must deliver it at their costs?
Is it still morally correct that our adopted candidates must be made to buy the party vitenges at k8500 at this time?
Is it the upnd’s lack of knowledge that actually all candidates are financially cutioned in the general elections especially for the rulling party. We used to hear ba Chikwanda declaring that his Dollar account was good enough to support all the candidates.
Where are those who got hefty businesses from our government at this hour when their support is mostly required?
Does it now click that the calls we were making on empowering our people were timely and that most of the adopted colleagues never benefited any business support from our government in the past 5 years?
Are we able to see the extent of the laws such as the Cyber law which has now made many of our people to fear to freely express themselves?
Today is 4th June 2026 and time is moving fast.
Let’s not mislead ourselves or bank on the purported opposition confusion which we our have a hand in.
Zambians read between lines and they know everything about the status of the opposition.
The ruling party will be judged from what it has done with the power it had and if this power was used fairly or it was used to abuse others.
The verdict will be released after the 13th August when the judges who are the Zambian masses armed with voters cards announce the judgment.
The candidates should not be further punished through denied financial and material support.
It was enough that many endured the opportunity deprivation the past 5 years.
Release the money and put life in the campaigns or lose power based on this akaso!
The printing companies depend on expenditures from candidates during this time and we have a duty to flood the country with these resources.
What is the problem really?
Nchinzi cashupa kuti mali alibonye, why is there no money or materials from the ruling party which had the whole time unlike the major opposition political parties that were only able to find parties to stand on in the eleventh hour ?
Let’s be fair to ourselves and to others as well. That is what Christianity means.
Matyola Innocent.
Just say what you want
Very true. Our party needs to help the candidates with 80% support of material etc
You want to run for office yet you dont have the money to support your campaign.
This is why candidate are held ransome by a party and dont serve the interest of the people that elect them.
Align with the party values but have an independent mind to sustain what you set out to stand for not that the Party should tell you how to breath and speak. Its the people that you seek to serve not the party. The party should tell us what you stand for. Not what you will do for us. You tell us what you will do while in office…its not the party that will say what you will do. Neither does the party serve us directly.
Mr. Matyola…stop thinking that those campaign materials fall from heaven. Someone paid for them. Want them pay. This sense of entitlement and expectation when vying for office is a personal decision, is so naive and retrogressive. Everything in life someome must do for you? Where is your sense of self worth? You drive around a party vehicle. Unregistered probably with no insurance. Why? Risking every road user. Now you want to come here bleching another hand out that you dont contribute to but expect someone else to do for you. What other entitlements will you seek for the state in the name of wanting to seek office or holding office?
These are the kind of people that we dont need. Entitled and self serving.
When you vying for such positions of power, you must look into your pocket first. Balance your leadership capabilities with costs. In America you can not just wake and want to become a public representative without first checking your bank account. Wanting everything free in third world countries is the reason why we have leaders with long fingers in offices.