By GIDEON NYENDWA TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has raised a red flag against the UPND for allegedly engaging in electoral malpractices in the Kawambwa Parliamentary by-election, accusing the governing party of using government programmes to influence voters. TI-Z executive director Maurice Nyambe says senior UPND party officials and public servants are reportedly distributing K50 cash and various gifts to voters under the guise of empowerment initiatives, such as fertiliser distribution and other state programmes. He said the actions were undermining the integrity of the electoral process and created an unfair advantage for CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
UPND using gov’t progs to induce voters in Kawambwa – TI-Z

A man counts out Zambian kwacha 50 denomination banknotes in this arranged photograph in Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015. Zambian Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda is seeking to restore confidence in the economy to help reverse the world's worst currency performance, record borrowing costs and sliding growth. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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