{"id":946,"date":"2022-09-17T07:03:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T07:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/staging\/7839\/?p=946"},"modified":"2022-09-17T07:03:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T07:03:30","slug":"pf-retains-luangwa-council-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/staging\/7839\/pf-retains-luangwa-council-chairperson\/","title":{"rendered":"PF RETAINS LUANGWA COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriotic Front-PF&#8217;s Lawrence Shaba has narrowly won the Luangwa District Council Chairperson by-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. <a><\/a>Shaba got 4, 075 votes against his closest rival of the UPND Authur Lungu who got 3,767 votes. Socialist Party&#8217;s Christopher Njovu got 384 votes, and an independent Candidate, Julias Sikasote, got 62 votes while Liberation Movement&#8217;s, Geofrey Mumba, got 60 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ruling United Party for National Development UPND has conceded defeat in the District that has 14, 288 registered voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to his Facebook Post, President Hakainde Hichilema has congratulated the Patriotic Front for retaining the seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Hichilema has however encouraged his supporters to go and champion the progressive agenda of the ruling party in the district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Darius Choonya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patriotic Front-PF&#8217;s Lawrence Shaba has narrowly won the Luangwa District Council Chairperson by-election. 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