RB VOWS TO GO AHEAD WITH PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS DESPITE HICCUPS

President Rupiah Banda has said that he will go ahead and file in his presidential nominations on Wednesday this week at the Supreme Court.

This is despite efforts by the opposition Patriotic Front Party of trying to block him on the basis that one of President Banda’s parents is not Zambian as required by the Zambian laws.

President Banda told journalists in Lusaka today when he visited the campaign centre for MMD that being born in Zimbabwe to his Zambian parents does not strip him of his Zambian citizenship.

He added that Mr. Sata has known him for a long time and has wondered why the PF leader has only risen now to question his parentage.

The President noted that efforts by the opposition PF to bar him from contesting this year’s elections are an indication that the opposition has already conceded defeat in ths year’s elections.

And President Banda has urged his party members to work hard to ensure that the MMD wins this year’s election in a fair manner.

He added that the MMD has done its best to deliver development to the Zambian people and that it is up to them to make their final decisions on the governance of the country.

Meanwhile, UPND national chairman has defected from his party to join the ruling MMD.

Edward kasoko who was welcomed to the MMD by president Banda said he will announce to the public the reasons for his defection in the next 2 days.

QFM