UPND fires East leadership
By BARNABAS ZULU, HOPE MUSONDA and SHARON ZULU
THE ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) has, with immediate effect, dissolved its Eastern Province Committee following a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Tonse Alliance in the recent Petauke elections.
Tonse Alliance candidate Simon Banda, representing the New Congress Party (NCP), defeated UPND’s Severian Lungu by over 2,000 votes to win the seat.
During a press briefing yesterday, UPND Secretary General Mr Batuke Imenda explained that the dissolution was prompted by CLICK HERE TO READ MORE