Binwell declares war, says he’s ready to kill
OPPOSITION Tonse Alliance chairperson for presidential affairs Binwell Mpundu has shocked the nation with a chilling declaration that him and his political comrades are ready to kill over Thursday’s general election.
Mpundu made the remarks while reacting to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ)’s clarification that voters can use a tick, X or any other single mark to indicate their preferred candidate on the ballot paper.
“Our lives are at stake. I’m ready to die. And I’m ready to kill,” Mpundu declared.
“For this election, people like me, I am ready to be killed. I’m also ready to kill. Because I know very well that when everything goes wrong, if anything goes wrong with these elections, some of us will not have our lives,” he claimed.
Mpundu was particularly unhappy with ECZ’s position that a tick is also a valid way of marking a ballot paper.
He argued that the traditional method of voting has always been through an X and questioned why stakeholders were not consulted before the change was communicated.
“Voting will proceed as it has been over all these years. There’s just going to be a cross sign. We will not be ticking this time around,” he said.
Mpundu further argued that if ECZ wanted ticking to form part of the voting procedure, the change should have been included in amendments to the Electoral Process Act.
“Would you be surprised if people insinuated that there are pre-marked ballots that have been ticked? That is why you now want to bring in an alien practice,” Mpundu said.
He maintained that ticking was an “alien practice” in Zambia’s elections and called on voters to reject it.
However, on Friday during a stakeholder engagement, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro clarified that the X is not the only acceptable mark on a ballot paper.
Kasaro said a tick, X or dash is valid as long as it is contained within the space allocated to the candidate being voted for.
He further warned voters against making more than one mark on a ballot paper, saying such a ballot could be rejected.
Kasaro also urged voters not to sign, write their names or put their initials on ballot papers.
(c) Kalemba August 9, 2026
Everyone,mark kwenyu because you will also find a cross at a grave