Sensio Banda two-times PF and NDC in Kasenengwa
By Staff Reporter
The opposition National Democratic Congress will not participate in the Kasenengwa parliamentary by election set for next month because their preferred candidate, Sensio Banda, has allegedly been bought by the ruling PF.
NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge, disclosed in a press release that Banda, who had contested the Kasenengwa seat in the 2016 general elections but on the Rainbow Party ticket,was until five days ago a bonafide member of the NDC.
“The party has suffered a setback after its preferred parliamentary candidate Sensio Banda was bought off by the PF.
Mr. Banda has since successfully filed in his nomination under the PF,” Musenge lamented. “Up until five days ago, Mr. Banda was a bonafide member of the NDC. Mr. Banda sat on the select committee of the NDC that has been tasked to draw up the party manifesto.
The party is deeply disturbed by attempts by the Pf to cripple the opposition in the country.”
He stated this was the second time that the PF had bought off a prospective electoral candidate from the NDC.
“This country is slowly drifting into a one party state going by the recent attempts by the PF to kill the opposition,” stated Musenge. “The NDC will in due course issue a comprehensive statement on the matter.”
