MICHAEL KING COBRA SATA WINS ZAMBIA 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

By: Qeko

Reports from Lusaka indicates that Zambia's opposition leader, Michael King Cobra Sata has put an end to the 20 years rule of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy party after winning this years Presidential election with 43%. This has been announced by the Zambian chief Justice, Ernest Sakala in Lusaka today.

The announcement from Zambia's capital said that the Zambia's opposition leader, Michael King Cobra Sata, who is also the leader of the Patriotic Front has won the election with 95% of constituencies votes counted where he has amassed 1,150,045 votes which represents 43% of the total, compared to Banda's 961,796.

Conceding defeat, Rupiah Banda said that his MMD party is a democratic party and they have accepted defeat and the outcome of the presidential election.Banda's Movement for Multi-party Democracy party has run Zambia since one-party rule ended in 1991.

Reports from Lusaka states that Patritoc Front supporters continues to celebrate the victory as they flocked outside the heavily guarded Electoral Commission headquarters, banging drums, beeping horns and waving flags.

As the Zambian people are celebrating the coming in of a new president, the question is what does Michael Sata's win mean for Malawi, Zimbabwe and the rest of SADC? As a business man himself what does Sata's win mean to the people of Zambia? Malawi from 1994-2004 was ruled by a businessman President, Bakili Muluzi, and should we expect the Sata Zambia to be the same as the Muluzi-Malawi we had? Zambias should wait a minutes and not rejoice too much coz time will be a judging factor for Sata.

ZAMBIAS OPPOSITION SATA EARLY LEAD NOT THE END OF THE GAME

By Qeko

Report from the Zambia's capital Lusaka says that the Zambia's opposition leader Michael Sata is leading in the poll where he has 42% while the incumbent President Lupia Banda has 35% of the counted votes so far. Many commentators have indicated that the opposition voters is concentrated mainly in the cities and town where the population is small. Out of the 150 centers only 133 have been counted and many of these are the strongholds of the opposition leader. This then means that as many have commented, it would be too early for Michael Sata and his supporters to begin celebrating because anything could happen out of the remaining centers many of whom belong to incumbent leader.

however many Zambian are awaiting the outcome of this General election because it is not very clear as to who has the finger of God pointed at to lead Zambia in the next five years.