The picture is expected to be little different this time although M'membe and Democratic Party candidate Harry Kalaba are expected to make inroads in localities where they have concentrated their resources...
More are expected to jump ship and follow the example of former Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili and former Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba who have formed new opposition parties with their own followings and vocally oppose Lungu (AC Vol 58 No 23 Patriotic front on back foot)...
' Senior PF figures thought to have presidential ambitions include Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube who played an important role in securing Lungu's election in 2015 Chishimba Kambwili who was expelled from the PF for expressing presidential ambitions but remains a PF MP after a court challenge and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba who also remains a PF MP despite resigning from the government in January...
The resignation of Foreign Minister Harry Kalaba in a valedictory Facebook post on New Year's Day was the clearest signal so far of the turmoil to come...
Along with Kambwili others in the group include Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba...
Vice-presidential hopefuls had included Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba and Information Minister Chishimba Kambwili...
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...