THINGS ARE NOT OKAY FOR UPND AND HICHILEMA, NUMBERS DON’T LIE…
If the three (3) ward by-elections in Mumbwa, Malole, and Chipata, manipulated as they may be by the UPND, were translated in presidential votes in a general election, Mr Hakainde Hichilema would have failed to get required 50% plus 1 majority and there would definitely be a rerun.
In Chipata, Mr Hakainde Hichilema would have gotten 41.5% (1,543 out 3,710 votes cast); in Malole 37.3% (690 out 1849 votes cast), and in Mumbwa 64% (507 out 804 votes cast). Overall, Mr Hichilema would have gotten 43% (2,740 out of 6,363 votes). The second highest would have been SP with 20.9%(1,331 out of 6,363 votes cast) and would be the party in the rerun with Mr Hichilema and the UPND. This is what the numbers reveal, and anyone with an objective and analytical mind will not struggle to understand the situation as it stands today.
With the exception of Mumbwa, what this clearly means is that Mr Hichilema and the UPND are less popular than the opposition combined. They are increasingly being rejected by the people.
This being the case, how can one honestly say that there’s no opposition to defeat the UPND in 2026? What type of self-deception and misguided thinking is this? Despite all the violence, intimidation, persecution, abuse of state systems, vote buying,malice and terror, the opposition, the SP in particular, is steadily gaining ground and is increasingly getting more and more closer and attached to the people.
And no matter how resolute they attempt to disguise their narcissism, brutality, tribalism and corruption, the people have already read through them, and decided that Mr Hichilema and his league are divisive liars and manipulators, and therefore, not suitable to continue governing this country. This is a fact. The by-election results confirm this reality and response from the people.
Mr Hichilema and the UPND have failed lamentably. They have created a monumental mess and impoverished multitudes of families. The country needs a break from this madness, and our people must prepare for a new order of justice, equity, prosperity, and peace.
Aba bena nabaya. Tapali ichabo. Uwafitala akaimwena!
Fred M’membe
President of the Socialist Party
