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Mujuru in Lusaka for Sata's inauguration
23 Sep 2011 at 17:17hrs | Views
Vice President, Joice Mujuru is in Lusaka Zambia for the inauguration of the newly elected Zambian President, Mr. Michael Sata.
Mujuru who is leading a Zimbabwean delegation to witness the swearing in of new Zambian President, Mr Michael Sata, will join other leaders from the region and beyond in Lusaka.
Mujuru is accompanied by cabinet ministers, Sydney Sekeramayi, Didymus Mutasa and other senior government officials.
Mr. Sata won the highly contested elections with over 188 000 votes ahead of other 9 presidential aspirants.
Chief Justice of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Enerst Sakala, declared Mr. Sata the winner after results from 143 constituencies were counted out of 150.
Mr Sata who is 74 was Zambia's former Minister of Health, then Local Government, before becoming the Minister of Home Affairs during the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda.
The Zambians were voting to choose a new president, parliamentarians and councilors.
The poll went on peacefully except in the Kaunyana compound where some vehicles were set on fire by unruly youths.
The tripartite elections, the 6th since the introduction of multiparty politics in 1991, and 10 presidential candidates were contesting in this year's elections, the highest number of presidential candidates since the introduction of multi-party politics, but the race was mainly among two presidential candidates.
The Patriotic Front leader, who has participated in elections since 2001, has won the hearts of urban voters and was promising to bring development within 90 days of winning the elections.
While the campaigns have been peaceful, there have been pockets of violence in some parts of the country.
Meanwhile, Vice President Mujuru, has arrived in Zambia and was welcomed by Zimbabwe's Ambassador to that country, Lovemore Mudzemo
Mujuru who is leading a Zimbabwean delegation to witness the swearing in of new Zambian President, Mr Michael Sata, will join other leaders from the region and beyond in Lusaka.
Mujuru is accompanied by cabinet ministers, Sydney Sekeramayi, Didymus Mutasa and other senior government officials.
Mr. Sata won the highly contested elections with over 188 000 votes ahead of other 9 presidential aspirants.
Chief Justice of the Republic of Zambia, Mr. Enerst Sakala, declared Mr. Sata the winner after results from 143 constituencies were counted out of 150.
Mr Sata who is 74 was Zambia's former Minister of Health, then Local Government, before becoming the Minister of Home Affairs during the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda.
The Zambians were voting to choose a new president, parliamentarians and councilors.
The poll went on peacefully except in the Kaunyana compound where some vehicles were set on fire by unruly youths.
The tripartite elections, the 6th since the introduction of multiparty politics in 1991, and 10 presidential candidates were contesting in this year's elections, the highest number of presidential candidates since the introduction of multi-party politics, but the race was mainly among two presidential candidates.
The Patriotic Front leader, who has participated in elections since 2001, has won the hearts of urban voters and was promising to bring development within 90 days of winning the elections.
While the campaigns have been peaceful, there have been pockets of violence in some parts of the country.
Meanwhile, Vice President Mujuru, has arrived in Zambia and was welcomed by Zimbabwe's Ambassador to that country, Lovemore Mudzemo
Source - zbc
