A WITNESS in the case where Joe Malanji has sued Kwacha Member of Parliament Charles Mulenga and the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has said most of the electorate in Kwacha constituency shunned the October 21 Kwacha by-election after the ECZ barred Mr Malanji from re-contesting the seat.Mr Alex Chembo aged 54, a businessman of Kwacha Township told Lusaka High Court Judge Concepta Zulu sitting at the Kitwe High Court that after Mr Malanji was barred from re-contesting the seat, himself and others decided to shun the by-election which resulted into widespread apathyThis is a case in which Mr Malanji has filed a petition before the Lusaka High Court seeking among other reliefs, a declaration that the by-election for Kwacha constituency is and was voidMr Malanji also wants a declaration that the UPND candidate, Mr Mulenga was not duly elected in the Kwacha constituency by-electionHe also wants the ECZ to call for fresh elections within […]
Electorate shunned polls to protest Malanji’s exclusion – witness
