Chongwe Member of Parliament Sylvia Masebo is allegedly involved in vote-buying in the area in an attempt to retain the seat on the Patriotic Front ticket.
Masebo is said to be worried with the growing popularity of MMD candidate Japhen Mwakalombe and believes the only way to retain the seat is through vote-buying.
Impeccable sources have told the Zambian that Masebo’s popularity has drastically plummeted in the last few years because she has failed to perform.
Ms Masebo has been going round schools in the constituency distributing K2 million to headmasters of named schools in an attempt to woo their support.
The source said she is also trying to bribe headmen and other traditional leaders to galvanise support for her. People in the constituency are disenchanted with lack of development and have resolved to Vote for Mr. Mwakalombe and President Rupiah Banda.
They say Ms Masebo has done nothing in the 10 years she has been MP on different party tickets and they see no reason why they should continue voting for her.
Ms Masebo became Chongwe MP in 2001 under the Zambia Republican Party before jumping ship to MMD on which he retained the seat in 2006.
She has again defected, this time to the PF, hoping to gain from the perceived popularity of the party in Lusaka. She has, however, not been accepted in Chongwe and is now considering moving to an urban constituency where her traits are less known.
In her desperate move which is largely miscalculated, Ms Masebo has even printed T-Shirts for Chongwe which she intends to distribute if her patriarchal boss, Michael Sata, picks her for the constituency.
The source has since asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to institute investigations and effect an arrest. The source said Ms Masebo is deeply involved in bribery which is not only a criminal offence but an affront to multi-party democracy which Zambia fought hard in 1991.
“President Rupiah Banda has in the last two years built schools, hospitals and roads. He has also invested heavily in agriculture while Ms Masebo is just seated in Lusaka. We, therefore, see no reason why we should not vote for him (Mr. Banda) and his MP Mr Mwakalombe a spokesperson of the residents said during the week.
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