PETITIONING HH’s RE-ELECTION WOULD’VE BEEN A WASTE OF TIME – KAVINDELE
30th August 2026
FORMER vice-president Enock Kavindele says it would have been pointless for Brian Mundubile to petition President Hakainde Hichilema’s re-election, arguing that the massive votes President Hichilema garnered demonstrate citizens’ approval.
Kavindele says President Hichilema received more votes even in areas that didn’t give him votes in 2021, adding that citizens should now unite and work together for the betterment of the country.
NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile said he had rejected the presidential results and that his party would seek legal redress to challenge the election.
Mundubile said the NRPUP documented alleged irregularities relating to ballot security, transportation and handling of electoral materials, and alleged discrepancies between votes recorded at polling stations and figures subsequently announced.
Newsdiggers
Mr. Kavindele, it is not for you to decide whether Mr. Mundubile would have been wasting his time by petitioning the presidential election results. It is for the courts to have decided on the basis of the evidence he would have presented to the courts.
This opportunity was lost and there will always be a cloud hanging over the legitimacy of the result just like the post 2016 era after HH’s election petition was dismissed on flimsy grounds. The lock down on court premises countrywide made the situation worse as it was seen as a deliberate action to frustrate the logging of the election petition.
Mr. Mundubile’s petition should have been heard and the matter put to rest permanently.
Well spoken JMC. It is so shocking that such words would be coming from a former Bice President who must be well vested with the Zambian constitution and the entire electoral process and the petitioning of elections at every level including presidential elections. But this is what happens when the stomach takes over your brains, you lose objectivity. You lose all sense of shame
Its true it would have been a waste of time and effort as no judge can ever rule against a sitting president in Africa.
It’s NOT about RULING AGAINST THE SITTING GOVERNMENT in Malawi they RULED AGAINST. The issue here is about waste of time.
NRPUP had no evidence. The reason they didn’t file as early as within the FIRST DAYS, The only wanted to file in LAST MINUTE.
Legally, the window of opportunity is open even in the last minute. In this case, it was closed prematurely.
There is no law which says you cannot file in the last minute.
The purported petition was by Linda Kasonde and Brebner Changala as 1st Petitioner and 2nd Petitioner and not by Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu. So, even if the law allowed any jim and jack to file a petition, it sounds like mischievous, scadalous and a waste of time.
Former VP is intitled to his own political analysis. So, based on his experience, he is right.
Truth be told. The two guys were not ready for that challenge. Had they been ready, they would not have waited until the last day.
In FACT, their own layers advised them NOT TO GO LEGAL WAY. They had NO STRONG BASE.