This says that his bid is the work of the PF faction around former Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) figures close to former President Rupiah Banda who is an important Lungu supporter (AC Vol 56 No 2 PF set for victory)...
Kalulu is currently appearing before the Lusaka Magistrates Court on corruption charges allegedly committed when ex-President Rupiah Banda's Movement for Multiparty Democracy was last in office...
A growing number of Bemba-speakers from the PF's traditional power bases of Muchinga Luapula and Northern provinces feel slighted by the incorporation of former Movement for Multiparty Democracy figures and allies of former President Rupiah Banda into government...
His opponents angry at his marginalisation of long-serving members in preference to former Movement for Multiparty Democracy figures and allies of former President Rupiah Banda may now coalesce around the former Minister of Information...
Disagreements over key appointments and Lungu's falling out with key donors has seen former President Rupiah Banda who was influential in Lungu's election last year take a back seat in the campaign...
Former Presidents Rupiah Banda and the late Frederick Chiluba tried to close down the paper which is edited and published by Fred M'membe...
Zulu helped to find funds for Lungu's campaign before ex-President Rupiah Banda helped by foreign donors including former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo began to contribute massively to Lungu's war chest (AC Vol 55 No 23 Foreign boost for opposition)...
Wandi first felt the pressure after the ACC arrested Lungu's senior private secretary Florence Chawelwa in connection with a construction tender awarded during ex-President Rupiah Banda's administration...
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The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has become a spent force owing to the political somersaults of its former leader ex-President Rupiah Banda who now backs Lungu...
He is expected to attract support from the PF's in-built Bemba majority and from those unhappy that Lungu has sidelined them in favour of those associated with Rupiah Banda...
Sampa is also repelled by Lungu's apparent pact with ex-President Rupiah Banda and the consequent appointment of 'outsiders' to full cabinet positions...
