-J9- 400 metres from the polling station, where he found people preparing nshima with beef. He said he just passed through and went straight to his home. PW3 was Emmanuel Mulenga, who introduced himself as a Consultant with the Northern Association of Agricultural Economics, but in cross examination it came out that he equally stood as an independent candidate after his application to stand on the PF ticket as a council chairperson was unsuccessful. PW3 said the week before campaign period officially commenced, he met Major Richard Kachingwe. He said the mission of Major Richard Kachingwe was to dissuade him from contesting as an independent candidate for the parliamentary race in order to enable the Respondent to garner more votes in the election. He said no consensus was reached with Major Kachingwe. He said two weeks later he received another delegation from the PF comprising Major Richard Kachingwe, Dr. Bwalya Ng’andu, and Mr. Chipili, the PF Provincial Chairperson. He said again no consensus was reached with this delegation. He said at some point he left Kasama for a month, but while he was out of town, he used to receive election updates from his agents locally based in the constituency. He said on August 10, at around 17:00hours, he received a phone call from one of his agents, Moses Bwalya of Nkonge Village, who reported to inform him that his wife had received three (3) chickens