THE country’s democracy once again takes centre stage as Lusaka’s Kabwata parliamentary constituency holds a by-election to replace late UPND Member of Parliament Levy Mkandawire.This is the second by-election to be held since the historic August 12, 2021 tripartite elections that ushered the United Party for National Development into government.That election saw Mr Hakainde Hichilema of the UPND becoming the seventh President, taking over from the Patriotic Front’s Edgar Lungu.In what has so far been an incident-free campaign period, we hope the candidates and their supporters will maintain the peace that has prevailed in the run-up to today’s voting.All the candidates are expected to respect the choice of the electorate and accept the outcome of the vote.The candidates, and indeed their supporters must all realise that they are one people albeit holding different political views.We believe that each of the candidates on the ballot paper has offered his or her self to serve the constituency […]
VOTE PEACEFULLY
