The ruling Patriotic Front has been given another clear statement of its inability to impress Zambians when its candidate David Phiri was embarrassingly humiliated by opposition Movement for Multi-party Democracy candidate Peter Phiri in the Mkaika parliamentary by-election
David Phiri had defected to the ruling MMD after being bribed with a deputy ministerial position to cause an unnecessary and expensive by-election which he lost on Thursday, September 4, 2013 by a massive margin.
According to final results tallied, Peter Phiri polled 9, 054 while the PF’s David Phiri was in distant second with 1,712. National Restoration Party (NAREP)’s Nigel Mpakateni was third on 161 votes with the United National Independence Party (UNIP)’s Nelson Mwale finishing fourth after getting 136.
This is in an election the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) stayed away to support their loose alliance partners MMD and the rewards have greeted both camps with extreme joy. MMD leader Nevers Mumba camped in Mkaika with a horde of MMD faithful MPs and was joined by UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema during campaigns.
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