Namulambe vows to put UPND to rest

She said that it would also add value to the declaration of the 18th of October National Day of Prayer, Fasting and Reconciliation.

“The house will stand a true reflection of a supreme deity of the land and will be a place of prayer and blessings to our land,” she said.

Rev Sumaili said that the National House of Prayer had received support from both Zambians in the diaspora and within the country.

She said the project had received financial, material, moral and spiritual support which she described as encouraging.

I PROMISE to tirelessly campaign for the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) especially in rural parts of the country and put the United Party for National Development (UPND) to rest, Gabriel Namulambe has said.

He said he ditched the UPND to re-join the PF because President Edgar Lungu was tolerant to divergent views and accommodating compared to other political leaders in the country.

Mr Namulambe resigned from his position as chairman for Labour and from the party in July this year after the UPND demanded that he should apologise for supporting the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019.

He was speaking in an interview in Mpongwe.

“I have realised that the PF is the only party that is tolerant and understanding after analysing all the political parties in the country.

“I know I erred the time I left the PF but they were good enough to welcome me back. This is what makes them outstanding,” he said.

Mr Namulambe said he would work hard to persuade the people especially those in the rural parts of the Copperbelt to vote for the ruling party.

He said it was time for him to boost the PF’s popularity and put the UPND to rest as a perpetual losing organisation.

He said he would explain to ensure that voters in Copperbelt rural did not remain in the opposition.

Mr Namulambe also said the PF’s continued development agenda attracted him to rejoin the party.

He was Mpongwe Member of Parliament under MMD, but switched to PF and was subsequently appointed Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister by late President Michael Sata.

Mr Namulambe advised the opposition not to politicise everything but rather support developmental projects that were taking place across the country.