Africa-Press – Zambia. United Party for National Development (UPND) Kabushi Member of Parliament elect Bernard Kanengo says he is not celebrating the downfall of his predecessor Bowman Lusambo.
Lusambo’s seat was nullified by the court and the Electoral Commission of Zambia barred from contesting the subsequent by-election. He says Lusambo’s current situation is a lesson to many people to be humble. Kanengo said he wants to re-build Kabushi Constituency to a standard where Lusaka is.
“Allow me to thank the party leadership from the branch to the top level. The branch leadership, the ward leadership and the constituency leadership. Secondly, allow me to thank the people of Kabushi for making a wise decision, for delivering themselves from the shackles of poverty, from the shackles of manipulation. We are now starting a new life in Kabushi. I know we have been manipulated for a long time, I have come to work in Kabushi. I am asking you just like the way you have decided to pick me as your representative to rebuild Kabushi to a standard where Lusaka is,” he said.
And UPND Kabushi Constituency Campaign Manager Frank Tayali said the by-election demonstrated that neither individual nor political is greater than Zambia. Tayali, the Ndola Central MP, also thanked people of Kabushi Constituency, who decided to turn up and cast their votes.
Kanengo was declared the winner of Friday’s controversial Kabushi Parliamentary by-election after getting 6,556 votes against his closest rival and independent candidate Richard Kalasa’s 4,607 votes.
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