WE DID IT!
THE KING COBRA HAS BEEN SILENCED.
Kusila Kwa Cobra Team.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
SATA/POST STRATEGY OF GOING NEGATIVE BACKFIRES!
Voter turnout low in Lusaka and Cooperbelt, Rural Provinces better than expected!
Early returns that our reaching us are suggesting that the Sata/Post campaign strategy of going negative with personal attacks on MMD candidate Rupiah Banda has backfired against them. Conducting a negative campaign, such as the recent Sata campaign, carry a huge risk. Negative campaigns tend to suppress voter turnout. This is especially true in the case in more rural and affluent electorate. In 2006, Sata’s support was clearly in those two provinces.
Sata has already begun crying crocodile on AlJazzera, and for that matter anyone else that will listen to him. He is suggesting that somehow this election has been manipulated at his expense. Nothing could be further from the truth! What is becoming infinitely clear is that Sata and his mates over at the Post have been a bunch of numpties and have sabotaged their own campaign! Sata, you have no one else to blame but yourself!
Early returns that our reaching us are suggesting that the Sata/Post campaign strategy of going negative with personal attacks on MMD candidate Rupiah Banda has backfired against them. Conducting a negative campaign, such as the recent Sata campaign, carry a huge risk. Negative campaigns tend to suppress voter turnout. This is especially true in the case in more rural and affluent electorate. In 2006, Sata’s support was clearly in those two provinces.
Sata has already begun crying crocodile on AlJazzera, and for that matter anyone else that will listen to him. He is suggesting that somehow this election has been manipulated at his expense. Nothing could be further from the truth! What is becoming infinitely clear is that Sata and his mates over at the Post have been a bunch of numpties and have sabotaged their own campaign! Sata, you have no one else to blame but yourself!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
ITS TIME TO KILL THE COBRA!
Dear Readers,
It has been a interesting month in the lead up to the elections. Thank you for all of your support and comments - we have one last thing to ask from you:
Go out and vote tomorrow! Take your family, your uncles and aunts and your neighbours - fill up your cars with people and take them to the polling stations. Your vote is a right and it has been given to you so that you can improve your lives.
Whoever you vote for HH, Rupiah Banda or Miyande - remember to select the candidate who will continue taking Zambia forward. As economic crises loom globally, now is the time to choose someone who will be sensible, someone who wants the best for the country not just for themselves.
Get out there...vote and together lets make sure Sata doesn't win!!
The Kusila Kwa Cobra Team
It has been a interesting month in the lead up to the elections. Thank you for all of your support and comments - we have one last thing to ask from you:
Go out and vote tomorrow! Take your family, your uncles and aunts and your neighbours - fill up your cars with people and take them to the polling stations. Your vote is a right and it has been given to you so that you can improve your lives.
Whoever you vote for HH, Rupiah Banda or Miyande - remember to select the candidate who will continue taking Zambia forward. As economic crises loom globally, now is the time to choose someone who will be sensible, someone who wants the best for the country not just for themselves.
Get out there...vote and together lets make sure Sata doesn't win!!
The Kusila Kwa Cobra Team
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Leave Religion Out of Politics
Yesterday's PF mouthpiece The Post newspaper reported Sata as saying that God had sanctioned a change of government and that he had Divine support to be President.
Zambia is a deeply religious nation and they will not look kindly on an old desperate politician claiming God is on his side. Such claims of those of desperate man who knows he will not win on Thursday. Sata's words are almost blasphemous and he should be condemned by all religious leaders in Zambia. Since when did God support political parties in any country, Zambia would be the first.
If God is supporting the life and times of Sata then why did he give him a heart attack in April? No Mr Sata you cannot have it both ways, God does not support you.
When it comes to politics God is impartial and woe betide any scheming politician who uses His name in vain.
Zambia is a deeply religious nation and they will not look kindly on an old desperate politician claiming God is on his side. Such claims of those of desperate man who knows he will not win on Thursday. Sata's words are almost blasphemous and he should be condemned by all religious leaders in Zambia. Since when did God support political parties in any country, Zambia would be the first.
If God is supporting the life and times of Sata then why did he give him a heart attack in April? No Mr Sata you cannot have it both ways, God does not support you.
When it comes to politics God is impartial and woe betide any scheming politician who uses His name in vain.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Sata: A Terrorist
As the election day draws near, tensions are mounting.
One topic the Kusila Kwa Cobra team has heard repeated in conversationson the streets of Lusaka, Livingstone and in the Copperbelt; is the worry that with total disregard of the actual results, Sata will declare himself victor.
An outsider would wonder why people are concerned about this, when it is certainly likely to be another free and fair election - due to the continued efforts of ECZ and the number of impartial observers already in Zambia.
But such concerns as not unfounded, as many of you had heard the stories about Sata in the 2006 elections. We have spoken to people who were there at the time and can confirm that it was all true.
A day after the elections Sata, with his motley collection of heavies, pushed their way in to the court house. Threating the staff there, he declared himself the true winner of the election and the next President of the Republic of Zambia.
At that particular moment he wanted just two things; to change the inaugeration ceremony from the usual venue of the court to Independence Stadium. And he also demanded the complete list of all the acting civil servants so that he could start compiling his new government.
One can only wonder with horror, what other orders he would have given over the next 24 hours if his grand designs had not been disproved by H.E. Mwanawasa and the election observers. And his dreams of ruling the country had not been taken away from him by the true democratic decision of our voters.
But the good news is that the world is watching Sata, and this time they know what kind of slippery snake they are dealing with. The Terrorism Research Centre has already posted a blog warning the international community about his possible reaction this week to the results (http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=93584)
Over the last century, we have watched dictators and terrorist destroy the hopes and ambitions of entire nations in a matter of years. We can not allow Zambia to be tricked in to believing that Sata will achieve anything positive for the country.
This man has not changed - Sata is ignorant, rude, violent, uneducated and now he has been identified as a potential terrorist! Protect yourselves and your family on Thursday; ensure that you and the people you know DO NOT VOTE PF.
One topic the Kusila Kwa Cobra team has heard repeated in conversationson the streets of Lusaka, Livingstone and in the Copperbelt; is the worry that with total disregard of the actual results, Sata will declare himself victor.
An outsider would wonder why people are concerned about this, when it is certainly likely to be another free and fair election - due to the continued efforts of ECZ and the number of impartial observers already in Zambia.
But such concerns as not unfounded, as many of you had heard the stories about Sata in the 2006 elections. We have spoken to people who were there at the time and can confirm that it was all true.
A day after the elections Sata, with his motley collection of heavies, pushed their way in to the court house. Threating the staff there, he declared himself the true winner of the election and the next President of the Republic of Zambia.
At that particular moment he wanted just two things; to change the inaugeration ceremony from the usual venue of the court to Independence Stadium. And he also demanded the complete list of all the acting civil servants so that he could start compiling his new government.
One can only wonder with horror, what other orders he would have given over the next 24 hours if his grand designs had not been disproved by H.E. Mwanawasa and the election observers. And his dreams of ruling the country had not been taken away from him by the true democratic decision of our voters.
But the good news is that the world is watching Sata, and this time they know what kind of slippery snake they are dealing with. The Terrorism Research Centre has already posted a blog warning the international community about his possible reaction this week to the results (http://www.terrorism.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=93584)
Over the last century, we have watched dictators and terrorist destroy the hopes and ambitions of entire nations in a matter of years. We can not allow Zambia to be tricked in to believing that Sata will achieve anything positive for the country.
This man has not changed - Sata is ignorant, rude, violent, uneducated and now he has been identified as a potential terrorist! Protect yourselves and your family on Thursday; ensure that you and the people you know DO NOT VOTE PF.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
POLL
Far too often in Africa, polling is a misunderstood art. Either politicians reject the polls for being inaccurate or expect the outcome of an election to follow exactly the poll. Opinion polls shouldn’t be viewed either way. The way opinion polls need to be regarded, is as a snap-shot of what people are thinking of on the day the questions were asked.
In the case of the recently released opinion poll by the Steadman Group, there are a couple things to keep in mind. The Steadman poll was in the field from October 10-15. As the old saying goes, a week is a long time in politics. It is usually in the last fortnight of the election campaign is when the electorate truly begin to firm up their choices.
The other thing that must be kept in mind in regards to the Steadman poll is there are some real oddities that must be taken in consideration when judging the validity of the poll. When the poll is broken down by region there are several questions that arise. For example, in the poll, Steadman has Rupiah Banda ahead of Michael Sata in Sata’s heartland of Lusaka.
It is also worth questioning how the poll put Michael Sata is doing as well as suggested in the Western Province, a region that the late President, HE Levy Mwanawasa did exceedingly well in 2006.
To anyone following Zambian elections over the past 8 years, most would find it hard to believe either that Michael Sata would be able to win the Zambian presidency without taking Lusaka or on the contrary that Rupiah Banda would win in Lusaka, but not win the election.
So, what conclusions can be drawn then from the poll? The answer is that it is hard to tell with polls.
However, as another old saying goes, there is only one poll that means anything and that is the one on Election Day.
In the case of the recently released opinion poll by the Steadman Group, there are a couple things to keep in mind. The Steadman poll was in the field from October 10-15. As the old saying goes, a week is a long time in politics. It is usually in the last fortnight of the election campaign is when the electorate truly begin to firm up their choices.
The other thing that must be kept in mind in regards to the Steadman poll is there are some real oddities that must be taken in consideration when judging the validity of the poll. When the poll is broken down by region there are several questions that arise. For example, in the poll, Steadman has Rupiah Banda ahead of Michael Sata in Sata’s heartland of Lusaka.
It is also worth questioning how the poll put Michael Sata is doing as well as suggested in the Western Province, a region that the late President, HE Levy Mwanawasa did exceedingly well in 2006.
To anyone following Zambian elections over the past 8 years, most would find it hard to believe either that Michael Sata would be able to win the Zambian presidency without taking Lusaka or on the contrary that Rupiah Banda would win in Lusaka, but not win the election.
So, what conclusions can be drawn then from the poll? The answer is that it is hard to tell with polls.
However, as another old saying goes, there is only one poll that means anything and that is the one on Election Day.
Friday, October 24, 2008
INDEPENDENCE DAY
My Fellow Zambians,
A lot has been said today about how far we have come as a nation over the last 44 years, and indeed there is much to be proud of. We have a beautiful country with plentiful resources and hard workers.
But we must not let all the blood that was shed during the struggle for freedom, nor the development we have achieved be in vain.
To elect Sata to lead our country would be a grave mistake. One that may cost our country all that we, our parents and our children, hold dear in our hearts and in our minds.
We ask that you take time to reflect on the gravity of the situation and truly ask yourself...What will be left once this man gets his hands on our nation?
The most important thing you can do on this Independence Day is make a decision to elect a President who can carry our country forwards. Not backwards in to the dark ages of hatred, violence, frustration and complete poverty.
Think carefully, it is your duty to vote in the elections and it is your duty to vote wisely.
Happy Independence Day!
The Kusila Kwa Cobra Team
A lot has been said today about how far we have come as a nation over the last 44 years, and indeed there is much to be proud of. We have a beautiful country with plentiful resources and hard workers.
But we must not let all the blood that was shed during the struggle for freedom, nor the development we have achieved be in vain.
To elect Sata to lead our country would be a grave mistake. One that may cost our country all that we, our parents and our children, hold dear in our hearts and in our minds.
We ask that you take time to reflect on the gravity of the situation and truly ask yourself...What will be left once this man gets his hands on our nation?
The most important thing you can do on this Independence Day is make a decision to elect a President who can carry our country forwards. Not backwards in to the dark ages of hatred, violence, frustration and complete poverty.
Think carefully, it is your duty to vote in the elections and it is your duty to vote wisely.
Happy Independence Day!
The Kusila Kwa Cobra Team
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