WHY A WAVE OF INDEPENDENT MPS WILL SHAKE UP 2026
THE REVOLT HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
In living rooms, market stalls, bus stops, and WhatsApp groups across Zambia, a quiet revolution is brewing and it’s not led by party slogans or recycled manifestos.
It’s driven by raw frustrātion, deep betrāyal, and a huñger for something real.
2026 won’t be business as usual.
1. VOTERS ARE TIRED OF THE SAME OLD LIES
Zambians are fed up. The ruling parties promise the moon and deliver potholes. The opposition shouts but seldom shows substance. People want leadership, not loudspeakers. And that’s where independents step in unfiltered, unbought, and untamed.
2. DEVELOPMENT OVER PARTY PUPPETS
Let’s be honest: party-affiliated MPs often become mouthpieces, not changemakers. Communities are waking up. They want someone who shows up, not just during campaigns but when the borehole breaks, when school desks are missing, and when hospitals run dry. Independents are becoming symbols of direct accountability and homegrown solutions.
3. PARTY PRIMARIES: A C0RRUPTION CIRCUS
Ask around. Many credible and hardworking aspirants never make it past party primaries not because they’re weak, but because they won’t play dirty politics or pay to play. These sidelined warriors are turning to independent platforms and their followers are loyal, fierce, and growing.
4. YOUTH ARE BACKING PEOPLE, NOT PARTIES
The 2026 voter isn’t just older they’re smarter, añgrier, and more strategic. Young people are ditching party colors for candidates with character. Civil society groups are rallying behind issue-based campaigns. It’s no longer about who you know in the party it’s about what you’ve done for the people.
2026 will be a political earthquake.
The ground is already shaking.
Independents won’t just win they’ll rewrite the rules.
By Augustine Mwewa
Bahati Constituency aspiring Member of Parliament
Illusions!
Poor research
ZAMBIANS HAVE BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY THE CURRENT CROP OF INDEPENDENTS WHOSE NAMES ARE WELL KNOWN.
SOME ARE IN SELF IMPOSED EXILE AND OTHER YOUTHFUL HOPEFULS HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE ‘ UTUMA YO’ WITHOUT REAL CHARACTER PURPOSE.
THEY HAVE PLAYED MORE TO THE GALLERY THAN ADRESSING THE REAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE THEY CLAIM THEY REPRESENT.
THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS, YET ALL THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS TO MAKE NOISE FOR NOTHING.
THIS OFCOURSE IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NO ONE TO ANSWER TO AND THEY ARE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THEIR GRATUITY AT THE END OF THEIR SESSION IN PARLIAMENT- PERSONAL GAIN AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR ELECTORATE.
THIS IS A NONE STARTER BECAUSE ZAMBIANS HAVE LEARNT LESSONS FROM THE PLAY BOYS WHO END UP MARRYING THREE WOMEN AND A LINE OF CONCUBINES AND A ADOPTING A HOLYWOOD TYPE CHARACTER LIKE THAT FOOLISH DOG THAT? WHEN CROSSING A STREAM WITH A BONE IN THE MOUTH SAW ANOTHER DOG IN THE WATER WITH A BIGGER BONE. SO WHEN IT TRIED TO GRAB THE BONE FROM THE DOG IN THE WATER, IT ENDED UP LOSING EVERYTHING -THE CASE OF THOSE THREE I WILL NOT MENTION FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE MUST ANSWER TO SOME HIERARCHY.
I HAVE A SIMPLE SHORT SENTENCE I WANT TO HOLD ON TO – ‘FORWARD CHE’