KABUSHI SHOULD NEVER GO TO UPND BUT THE OPPOSITION MUST WORK FOR IT
By Chilufya Tayali
It would be catastrophic to let UPND add more to their 92 seats in Parliament. The UPND have clearly failed to deliver on their promises, but winning another seat like Kabushi, would be like giving them a blood transfusion to live longer.
While it is a fact that UPND have failed, in many fronts, it would be folly to think Kabushi would be a walk-over. Zambians have so much patience in terms of politics such that, we would be shocked how many people would vote for UPND in the by-elections to come.
Some people have been arguing that Bowman is a force to reckon with in Kabushi, which maybe a subject of discussion, but look at the election results of the last elections, which has been nullified today.
With all the financial muscle and the advantage of being the incumbent, from the ruling party, Bowman polled 18,417, against his closest rival Bernard Kanengo of the UPND, who polled 12,593.
I strongly believe that, good leadership coupled with the kind of money Bowman had, he should have been far apart with his opponents, other than 5,824 in a constituency of 49,908 registered voters.
This is, by all means, not underrating Bowman if he decides to re-contest, in fact, there is no law that prohibits him from doing so, but to simply make a point that, getting Kabushi would not be a walk in the park.
UPND, will do everything in their powers starting with raining money, violence and electoral chicanery, which they probably used in the last General election to get over 1 million votes in three provinces, beating President Lungu as if PF was not in power.
Therefore, I wish all, like minds, opposition political parties to put their efforts, resources and skills together to beat UPND.
As President of Economic and Equity Party (EEP), I am ready to work with the opposition to make sure, the seat does not go to UPND.
I know some people are wondering if I would like to be on the ballot, and my response is that, I want a strong candidate, with resources, to be on the ballot for the opposition.
TAYALI THE PUBLIC LAWYER OF THE PUBLIC COURT OF OPINIONS!
EEP – ICHALO BANTU!
ZAMBIA MUST BE OWNED BY ZAMBIANS!