THE advice from Caritas Zambia to the governing UPND in the run up to the January 20 parliamentary by-election in Lusaka’s Kabwata constituency should be taken seriously.The by-election will be a test to safeguarding the country’s democracy coming so soon after the August 12 tripartite elections that brought the UPND into power.This is more so that it comes in the aftermath of the serious warning by a top official of the UPND, Mr William Banda, to crush the former ruling Patriotic Front in the by-election.This time round, it is the UPND that is in the driver’s seat holding all the instruments of power.It is the more reason why the respected Catholic Relief Organisation Caritas Zambia says the UPND must not interfere with campaigns of other political parties during the Kabwata by-election next month to show that things have changed for better.Caritas Zambia Executive Director Eugene Kabika said having condemned the way the Public Order Act […]
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