By NATION REPORTERTHE United Party for National Development (UPND) risks losing many parliamentary seats in 2026 if it does not change its elitist candidate adoption criteria, a governance activist Crawford Mukando has warned.Mr Mukando said it was very difficult to be adopted as a parliamentary candidate by UPND because the ruling party was only interested in working with the rich.He alleged that UPND does not adopt candidates without a minimum bank account balance of K 1,000,000 and white books for at least two cars.Mr Mukando added that the UPND Elections Committee would request applicants interested to contest parliamentary seats to submit bank statements as proof of their financial liquidity in addition to evidence that they owned businesses.He said the conditions set by the UPND in its adoption of parliamentary candidates could be liked to those of commercial banks when one was applying for a loan. He said UPND needed to review its adoption process and […]
UPND risks losing parley seats
