Super League giants Nkana will travel to Botswana for a pre-season training camp as part of preparations for the 2026/27 season and the Transitional League campaign. Following an initial local training camp, Elijah Tana’s squad will head to Francistown at the end of July, where t

By NATION REPORTER THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has plotted a scheme to rig the August 13, general election using the online system, an accusation which the electoral body has denied. The National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) and the Tonse PF Pamodzi Alliance have accused ECZ of deliberately frustrating the accreditation of opposition polling agents and allowing the ruling UPND to capture the country’s election machinery ahead of the election. The alliance has alleged that the ECZ’s online-only accreditation system for polling agents was designed to disadvantage the opposition and make it easier to manipulate the electoral process. Tonse-Pamodzi Alliance deputy secretary general for voter protection Kennedy Kamba claimed the commission had failed to put in place a fair accreditation process and was instead working to lock opposition polling agents out of polling stations. “The evidence is clear. The pattern is clear. We will not sit back and watch our democracy being stolen in broad daylight,” Mr Kamba said. He alleged that the commission intended to commence accreditation towards the end of the electoral process, a move calculated to disadvantage opposition political parties. Mr Kamba, the former Patriotic Front Lusaka Province chairman, said forcing polling agents, particularly those in rural areas with poor internet connectivity, to use an online-only accreditation platform amounted to electoral sabotage. “Large parts of Zambia have no network coverage. ECZ knows this. Forcing rural polling agents through an online-only system when there is no internet to use it is rigging by design,” he said. Mr Kamba also claimed that the ECZ had not deployed officials to begin physical accreditation across the country and accused it of misleading stakeholders by insisting the online system was functioning effectively. He also called on the commission to clarify why physical accreditation had not commenced and urged the police to investigate allegations involving civil servants accused of participating in partisan electoral activities. “The current online-only system is a tool of rigging, not reform. We will not accept an election where our agents are locked out, where civil servants are turned into UPND election riggers, where presiding officers are ruling-party cadres, and where citizens are killed for their political choices,” Mr Kamba said. But in an interview, Mr Brown Kasaro the Chief Electoral Officer said it was “totally untrue” that ECZ had put in place the online accreditation for purposes of rigging the election. “This is a totally separate system meant to help the management of the election. It was explained to all stakeholders in detail,” Mr Kasaro said. Vote To continue reading, you must subscribe to either DAILY, WEEKLY or MONTHLY Plans.

Government has intensified collaboration with the private sector to increase beef exports, create jobs and improve incomes for livestock farmers through the establishment of Local Participation Centres (LPCs). Speaking during an interview facilitated by the Public Private Dialogu

The Ministry of Finance, in collaboration with Smart Zambia Institute, has rolled out electronic council services in local authorities as part of efforts to enhance efficiency, accountability and transparency in public service delivery. Solwezi Municipal Council Finance Director

Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has officially launched the Contract Tracking and Management Information System (CTMIS), describing it as a major milestone in government’s drive to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability in the management of public contracts.

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the UPND government will continue creating jobs and making agriculture viable as the party campaigns ahead of the elections. Addressing thousands of residents in Nyimba District on Friday, President Hichilema said the party had so far taken its message to Copperbelt, North Western, Western, Central and now Eastern Provinces. "At every

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By NATION REPORTER BRIAN Mundubile and his running mate Makebi Zulu yesterday arrived in Mwansabombwe to euphoric welcome and asked Zambians if they were ready for change after next month’s general election. And Mr Mundubile has said he and Mr Zulu have graciously accepted the demand from Zambians that they should take up […] To continue reading, you must subscribe to either DAILY, WEEKLY or MONTHLY Plans.

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