⬆️ GIST | Nakachinda Throws Mwila Out, More Cracks Emerge
The Patriotic Front is tearing itself apart. Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda has expelled former SG Davies Mwila for traveling to South Africa without clearance. The accusation is heavy: that Mwila and his allies went shopping for a presidential candidate and funding outside party structures. In PF politics, that is treason.
The decision has triggered aftershocks. UBZ president Hector Soondo is calling for the net to be widened. He wants every PF Central Committee member linked to the South Africa trip punished. In his view, indiscipline is eating away at PF’s authority and weakening the Tonse Alliance from within.
Sean Tembo, Tonse spokesperson and PEP president, is equally blunt. He has long argued that PF cannot claim automatic ownership of the alliance ticket. He points to the Tonse constitution and insists leadership must be chosen collectively. His words expose the cracks that many PF leaders pretend do not exist.
Robert Chabinga is sharpening the knife from another angle. He insists he is the rightful PF leader, recognised by the Registrar of Societies. He is threatening to stop any PF convention that sidelines him. For a party already drowning in court cases, this is a warning with teeth.
The Tonse Alliance was built to ride on Edgar Lungu’s candidacy. His death has left it wobbling. PF wants to hold the driver’s seat. Zumani has called for a council meeting to chart a way forward. Nakacinda has dismissed it as illegal. Expulsion letters are now the latest weapon of choice.
The optics are brutal. PF is not fighting UPND, it is fighting itself. Tonse, instead of projecting unity, is parading confusion. The risk is obvious: a divided PF means a weakened alliance, and a weakened alliance means UPND walks into 2026 with less resistance.
The lesson is sharp. Parties that cannot govern themselves cannot convince the nation they can govern a country. PF and Tonse are discovering that internal chaos is the fastest way to hand power to their opponents.
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Die hard PF will blame HH for Mwila’s expulsion from PF by nakanyenga! Mwebantu lyakosa ilyashi ili.
It’s really a messy affair.
It’s hard to even make sense of what is happening in the Patriotic Front, or the Tonse Alliance.
The cracks are too many.
We have a very unpopular President and Party in government, instead of putting your acts together, you continue behaving like headless chickens. These people are becoming a total disgrace.
We have Makebi Zulu, with his own agenda.
Then Brian Mundubile who now wants to stand on an FDD ticket.
Given Lubinda and Raphael Nakachinda pulling in some direction, whose orders and decisions are not being Respected.
Miles Sampa is there too as the unrecognized Leader of the Opposition.
Then Mumbi Phiri who has endorsed Madam Dolika Banda for 2026, and wants to give her the Patriotic Front.
Davies Mwila and Kamba , and the South African based business man, also in the mix to eat the PF Carcass.
Then Hakainde’s PF President , Robert Chabinga determined not to allow the PF to be on the Ballot in the 2026 Presidential and General Elections.
Add the Tonse Alliance Confusion of Sean Tembo, KBF, Dr Chris Zumaniand and you have a bomb ready to explode any time.
And these are the people who want to govern Zambia!
The jokers are bringing into disrepute all opposition Political Parties in Zambia.
Madam Dolika Banda, do something. Form your own Political Party..and Zambians will follow you.
I have lost hope in the Patriotic Front or
Tonse Alliance. They don’t have the capacity or will to solve problems and work together.
When we tirelessly advised PF we were told to ” shut up praise singers” now we can’t doubt, the only solution is for hon Chabinga to take over PF and organize for better future.Otherwise UPND is set for victory come 2026.The PF faction of Nakachinda and Lubinda doesn’t have any thing good for PF.
Tribalism is entrenched in PF. They don’t want people from Zambezi to lead PF..!!
Lubinda and Nakachinda are NOT needed in PF because of tribe.
UPND is destined for the resound VICTORY. HH and Mweetwa are watching from the terraces.
They have NOT SENT ANYONE TO CONFUSE PF.
PF is on self DESTRUCTIVE MODE.