Conciliatory meetingElder statesmen leading the election observer missions as well as Zambia's former President Rupiah Banda have helped ensure a smooth transition of power by persuading the Lungu government not to challenge the election result...

Former President Rupiah Banda who is from Eastern province and retains significant influence there has remained neutral in this election which is interpreted as a snub to Lungu because he supported him in the last two elections...

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)...

He was arrested in Hong Kong in 2009 for carrying an alleged false passport but then-President Rupiah Banda intervened to have him returned to Zambia...

The high price covered commissions paid to politically connected brokers of the deal including former President Rupiah Banda's son Henry Africa Confidential can reveal...

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...

After he defeated President Rupiah Banda having polled strongly in Western Province the local people expected their reward...

FQM bought the greenfield mining project at Kalumbila in the Northwestern province in 2010 by leveraging the warm relationship it enjoyed with then President Rupiah Banda...