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North UNIP followers want Kaunda out

North UNIP followers want Kaunda out
Posted on August 13th, 2008

United National Independence Party, UNIP, supporters in Northern Province have maintained that the entire UNIP executive led by party president, Tilyenji Kaunda, should resign and pave way for fresh elections in the party. Speaking on behalf of UNIP members opposed to Mr. Kaunda’s leadership, veteran politician, Daniel Chanda, accused the current UNIP leadership of illegally holding office following the alleged expiry of mandate in 2005.

Mr Chanda said UNIP followers in Northern province passed a vote of no-confidence in the Kaunda led executive hence the decision to challenge leadership’s continued stay in office.

He urged UNIP members countrywide to support General Malimba Masheke led faction calling itself the UNIP National Revival Forum because it seeks to protect the integrity of the former ruling party.

Mr Chanda, who is former UNIP Mungwi District Chairman, said it was wrong for the current UNIP executive to label the Revival Forum as illegal when in fact it is the one illegally holding on to party leadership.

He warned that UNIP in its current form has lost direction and was headed for doom if genuine members do not rise to the occasion and preserve the interests of the party from detractors.

Mr Chanda also wondered why the Kaunda led executive was opposing calls for fresh elections in order for the party to usher in new office bearers with the vision of taking UNIP forward.

Efforts to get a comment from UNIP acting secretary general Reverend Alfred Banda proved futile.

Currently, UNIP is embroiled in a leadership struggle involving the Tilyenji Kaunda led executive and the Gen. Malimba Masheke faction, with supporters of each camp now resorting to violent acts to justify their agenda.

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