President Lungu's choice of the controversial former minister Nkandu Luo as his running mate has further hurt the PF's chances say pundits and PF sources alike...
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The latest focus of opposition disquiet about the ConCourt which is the country's highest legal authority on constitutional matters is its reconsideration of the High Court judgements that invalidated the election of two sitting PF members of parliament and prominent cabinet ministers representing urban Lusaka constituencies: Margaret Mwanakatwe the Lusaka Central MP and Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry and Nkandu Luo Higher Education Minister and MP for Munali...
The PF members of parliament affected are both high-profile: Margaret Mwanakatwe in Lusaka Central Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry and a key ally of Lungu; and Professor Nkandu Luo in Munali the Higher Education Minister (AC Vol 56 No 7 Lungu returns the favours & Vol 56 No 18 The party rebrands for the polls)...
Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba and ministers Chishimba Kambwili (Information and Broadcasting Services) and Nkandu Luo (Gender and Child Development) are increasingly seen as 'not so allies' of Lungu and are likely to be dismissed says a senior source in the governing Patriotic Front...
Cabinet ministers including Tourism Minister Jean Kapata Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Minister Professor Nkandu Luo and other senior PF officials prevailed on Mwila to decline the appointment...
For now Chiluba's closest allies are: Minister for Lusaka Province Sonny Mulenga; Minister for Northern Province Daniel Kapapa; Home Affairs Minister Peter Machungwa and Nkandu Luo at Transport and Communications...
