By AARON CHIYANZOTHE OCIDA brokered UPND Alliance is on the verge of collapse following high level treachery that has raised tension in the grouping.Firstly, UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema is reported to have back-tracked on the position of running mate which he had reportedly earlier offered to MDC president, Felix Mutati to select his vice president, Mutale Nalumango.However. Highly placed UPND sources have said party members want Mr Hichilema to appoint Mr Mutati as running mate and have dispatched some party officials to Southern Province to appeal to chiefs in the area to persuade Mr Hichilema to take on Mr Mutati.Apparently anticipating the fallout, impeccable sources within the UPND have revealed that Mr Mutati, who was supposed to be the running mate secretly paid the K95,000 presidential nomination fee and is considering breaking off the alliance and instead work with the Joseph Akafumba-led NDC.Secondly, Mr Hichilema’s reported insistence to give only one parliamentary seat to each […]
UPND ALLIANCE COLLAPSING AS HH BACK TRACKS, PICKS MUTALE NALUMANGO RUNNING MATE
