TENSION RISE AS ZAMBIA APPROACHS ELECTION

TENSION HEATS UP AS ZAMBIA APPROACHES ELECTIONS
By Chris Habeenzu
Zambia will this yet again go for the tripartite elections and tension in the country is slowly heating up.
With the elections date only known to the president political parties have embarked on a massive campaigns all in an effort to win the election.
Zambia's frontrunners have used all sorts of allegations against each other all aimed at winning support.
With opposition Patriotic Front's Michael Sata and MMD's Rupiah Banda being the frontrunners in the election, the outcome of the election has remained a challenge.
Some opinion polls have however shown that the PF leader is most popular presidential candidate followed by Rupiah Banda.
Some political pundits however states that opinion polls are not anything to go by saying that if conducted in an area where a particular political party or candidate is popular wins the poll.
THE recent defections by politicians leaves much to be desired as some sectors with a lot of questions on the genuineness. Some politicians among them former MMD's Katuba MP Jonas Shakafuswa, ULP's Batuke Imenda and Independent Dundumwezi MP Edgar Singombe defection to the UPND. Some civic leaders have also jumped on the band wagon all in an effort to remain in office.
Some spectators while sitting on the fence are scratching their heads all in doubt of the outcome or the perceived popularity of some candidates.
A number of projects have been initiated by the ruling party and one wonders whether these are genuine or they are a campaign ploy.
One needs to clarify what really a campaign is.