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Lukulu regrets voting for Rupiah

Lukulu regrets voting for Rupiah
By Bright Mukwasa
Thu 07 Apr. 2011, 04:00 CAT

THE people of Lukulu regret having voted for President Rupiah Banda, says Batuke Imenda. In an interview, Imenda who is ULP Lukulu East parliamentarian, said the people in his constituency would never vote for President Banda as he had failed to deliver on his promises he made during his presidential campaign.

“We regret having voted for MMD and it’s President (Banda) in 2008 and we want to tell them that this year we are ready for them,” Imenda said. Imenda blamed the MMD for the under development of Lukulu, including the poor state of the Lukulu-Kaoma road.

He said President Banda must not brag about the little projects in the district as those were initiated by his late predecessor Mwanawasa.

“He (President Banda) further promised to connect Lukulu to the national grid. That has not been done. In this year’s election we will ensure he gets no massive vote,”Imenda said.

He said it was sad that the district remained under funded as compared to others, saying that was a reverse of the allocation it received during Levy Mwanawasa’s reign whose concern was to lift up Lukulu economically.

He said President Banda should not brag about the little developmental projects as he has failed to initiate his own.

“They should not mislead us about development which was brought by Mwanawasa. They should forget about Lukulu I can assure you.”

Imenda said if the MMD was mindful, the people of Lukulu could have felt to be part of Zambia.

He said people in his contituency had learnt from other provinces that had not voted for him but they had attained some reasonable development.

Labels: BATUKE IMENDA, MMD, PF, RUPIAH BANDA

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