Police in Lusaka gives go ahead for UPND Grand rally
Written by Mafken FM Newsroom on 15 November 2020
The Zambia Police Service has given the opposition United Party for National Development UPND permission to go ahead with its planned grand rally in Lusaka.
This will be the first time after the 2016 General elections that the UPND will be holding a rally in Lusaka.
UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the grand rally will be held today at 14.00 Hours at the Chilenje Secondary School grounds.
The Kabwata Constituency UPND Executive Committee last week notified the police of its intention to hold an end of year mobilization rally in Chilenje Township in Kabwata Constituency in Lusaka.
The police responded with a “no objection” letter. There is a mountain of notifications by the UPND to the police throughout the country to hold meetings, rallies and protests which have been rejected by the police.
Many stakeholders have raised concerns on the suppression of citizens’ freedoms of assembly, association and expression in the last 10 years of the rule by the Patriotic Front.
