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Other material referred to:
1. Evans Bell, An Introduction to Judicial Fact Finding
(Commonwealth Law Bulletin 2013, page 519).
2. Phipson on Evidence Tenth Edition, (Sweet <& Maxwell),
paragraph 20-01 at page 855
INTRODUCTION
On August 12, 2021, Zambia held a general election. In Malole
Constituency, nine (9) parliamentary candidates contested the
election, namely; the Petitioner, Chikonkolo Chilufya, sponsored by
the United Party for National Development (UPND), the Respondent,
Robert Kaela Kalimi, stood on the Patriotic Front (PF) ticket,
Emmanuel Mulenga, an independent candidate, Lawrence Chomba
an independent candidate, Francis Mwila was sponsored by the
Development Party (DP), Bwalo B. Venon was standing on the ticket
of the People’s Alliance for Change (PAC), Mwiche M. Lazarous was
sponsored by the United ^National Independence Party (UNIP),
Margaret K. Pikili was backed by the Socialist Party {SP) and Sampa
M. Joseph an independent candidate.
On August 15, the Returning Officer, Benson Chiluba declared the
results of the poll as follows:
NO.
NAME OF CANDIDATE
POLITICAL PARTY
VOTES
PF
25,407
UPND
7,245
MULENGA EMMANUEL
IND.
6,386
CHOMBA LAWRENCE
IND.
6,080
1.
KALIMI ROBERT KAELA
2. '
CHIKONKOLO CHILUFYA
3.
4.