The people of Katuba Constituency will today elect a new Member of Parliament following the death of incumbent lawmaker Patrick Chikusu.
Seven political parties are contesting the seat that has been highly charged in the campaign period.
The ruling Patriotic Front is fielding Moses Chilando while opposition United Party for National Development is going with Jonas Shakafuswa with the Alliance for a Better Zambia having Patricia Mwashingwele.
Others contesting are the New Revolution who are going with Shakespeare Mwakamwi with MMD fielding Cecil Holmes while UNIP is having Alfred Malawo and NAREP having Joseph Mushalika.
Katuba has 28,903 registered voters for the 2011 polls and it is only these that are eligible to make the decision for the people in the constituency which has six wards, 32 polling stations and 48 polling streams.
The six wards are Katuba, Chungu, Mungule, Muchenje, Chilyo Chabalenje and Kabala.
In the 2011 election, Dr Chikusu won the seat with 6,389 votes while Mr Shakafuswa polled 3,531, the PF’s Susana Mwelwa got 1,622 votes while an independent candidate Derrick Chaikana got 2, 083 votes.
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