Pundits and insiders blame Miles Sampa MP a nephew of the late President Michael Sata and leader since October (AC Vol 57 No 5 Lungu schemes to survive)...
UPND has also benefitted from the inside knowledge of lawyer Kelvin Fube Bwalya who was the first PF President Michael Sata's campaign manager and joined the UPND along with Mutati...
Vedanta has been deeply unpopular for many years and clashed with the PF's Michael Sata before and after he became president in 2011 (AC Vol 54 No 23 Vedanta cools row)...
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PVT is taken seriously because it was key to the PF's Michael Sata victory over incumbent President Rupiah Banda in 2011 (AC Vol 52 No 20 Troubled exit for Banda)...
But many middle-class Zambians distrust him because of his support when running The Post for the late President Michael Sata...
Zulu was in State House working for President Michael Sata but his behaviour became too much of a public embarrassment and he was sacked...
Vedanta has been in several serious arguments with the government over taxes dating back to the presidency of Michael Sata and before (AC Vol 55 No 12 Fury over Vedanta)...
Chitotela was sacked by the late President Michael Sata for corruption...
He was elected in January 2015 after the death in office of President Michael Sata and re-elected in August 2016...
In a further illustration of the fluidity of Zambian political parties Sensio Banda stood in the constituency in 2016 for the Rainbow Party the radical PF offshoot formed by former Michael Sata right-hand man Wynter Kabimba...
Lap Green's 75% stake in Zamtel was seized in 2012 when the company was nationalised under former President Michael Sata following investigations that indicated illegalities in the original sale by the previous government of President Rupiah Banda...
