PULE, MUNDUBILE, KBF HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST TO STAND FOR TONSE CHAIRMANSHIP – ZUMANI
TONSE Alliance National Coordinator Dr Chris Zumani Zimba says three candidates have expressed interest in contesting the chairmanship and 2026 presidential candidacy at the upcoming general congress.
He has disclosed that Christian Democratic Party leader Danny Pule, Zambia Must Prosper leader Kelvin Bwalya Fube and PF presidential candidate Brian Mundubile have so far expressed interest in contesting.
In an interview, Tuesday, Dr Zimba said the alliance is scheduled to hold its general congress on January 31, 2026, emphasising that all members of the council of leaders are eligible to contest for any position.
“Good morning, we are set to have the Tonse Alliance General Congress this month end on 31st, January, 2026. Going by our 2026 amended constitution, all members of the Council of Leaders are eligible to contest any position including that of Tonse Alliance Chairman and 2026 Presidential candidate. From internal interactions and discourses, l am glad to inform you that we have three candidates so far who have expressed interest to contest as Tonse Chairman and 2026 Presidential candidates.
We have Prof Danny Pule from Christian Democratic Party, Mr Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) from Zambia Must Prosper and Hon Brian Mundubile from the ECL PF Movement. I know more leaders within the Council shall emerge to join this list soon or later. 20th January, 2026 is the deadline for expression of interest to contest any position at the General Congress as it is the official nomination day for everyone to pay nominations fees and be qualified to contest,” said Dr Zimba.
“K50, 000 is nomination fee for the presidential candidates and K10,000 is nomination fee for lower positions, and we expect more people to express interest and contest. Warm greetings and thank you”.
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All these groups coming up without the entire Zambian Face are either sick in ICU or BID(Brought in Dead).
There is this very heavy & thick cloud of tribal inclination hanging over their heads and having experienced the happenings in the last regime, genuine Zambians know how heavily suppressing and dominant a certain clique became. That was not good for Zambia and anyone daring this fact must come up with genuine statistics from central statistics centre..
Zambia must not find itself in that situation again because we can not start talking divisive politics in this era. You can see how the official media language is slowly being replaced by certain languages to the exclusion of the other 5 on Radio stations, TV stations etc.
I am a Zambian that has chosen to inter- marry and the pain of creating divisions is first felt under my own roof, so the first thing I look at is that weakness in any organization.
Zambians must not promote or support tribal groupings because they are a danger to the Unity of any Nation.
Rubbish.
Always seeing Tribalism in others when it’s you who are die hard Tribalists.
What have Bemba speaking people done to you?
Whenever a Bemba speaking person shows some potential, then he or she should be labelled a Tribalist and brought down. Meanwhile Tribalists are asking for a Million Tribal votes and you are cheering. Stop the Nonsense. Atase.
Very interesting. Firstly, there is now such a thing called ECL PF Movement in Tonse Alliance which expelled the PF on which ticket Mundubile is supposed to stand under Tonse Alliance as Chairman/ Presidential candidate under what anchor party? And this same Mundubile is also a Presidential candidate under Given Lubinda PF faction where he was suspended? Next point, Danny Pule and KBF are both vying to be Chairman/Presidential candidate under Tonse Alliance but Danny Pule has already secured his Presidential election under his Christian Democratic Party. No doubt the same can be said of KBF under his oneman party as Presidential candidate. So, after this josling for Tonse Alliance Chairmanship/Presidential candidate, will be the question of anchor party? Or the argument will be that the winner, say Danny Pule, his Christian Democratic Party becomes automatically the anchor party, that is going to be the next issue? Can someone say something!