Sata Leads Lusaka Poll
The two leaders candidature (Hichilema and Mwanawasa) failed to convince Munali, Lusaka Central and Kabwata constituencies opinion poll respondents most of whom favoured the former local government and housing, health and minister without portfolio in the Fredrick Chiluba government.
The opinion poll came closely in the wake of the presidentail nomination exercise that started last Friday and is expected to end this week.
The Angel has in the past conducted opinion polls in Northern, Central, Copperbelt, Southern and Lusaka Province. Lusaka has had the largest share of opinion polls that started early last year.
The United Party for National Development (UPND) only led in Southern Province as Mwanawasa led in Central Province and Northern Province where Sata only fail short of 3 percent to equal the incumbent President's 48 percent votes in his favour.
And the last time the polls were conducted in Lusaka, Sata's popularity was staggering at 52 percent and has since increadsed by four percent. President Mwanawasa has also improved by a percentage from the previous 25 percent.
As a leadership digest, we feel duty bound to sample the popularity of aspiring presidential and parliamentray candidates whose results and process is captured live on video.
If concerns of poeple living in high density areas were broadcast on national television, this could evoke teary response from presidential candidates. Unfortunately, the national broadcaster is closed to such poeple more especially when they pour out their hearts in bitterness. The views of these poeple are all captured on video. Biter voice greeted the opinion poll crew after conducting the secret ballot mock election or opinion poll.
Micheal Chilufya Sata the 56 percent voters in his favour in the three costituencies of Lusaka said this time around they will not make a mistake. What they need according to them is a pragmatic leader that can create employment opportunities for all; improve on the ddeplorable health conditions obtaining in the country besides making the agriculture sector viable. They added that the agriculture sector was yet to tick because at the present a poor marketing system has seen many farmers gerring stuck with their produce of sell at give-away price to unscrupulous businesspoeple. They also noted that the high rate of unemployment is forcing many poeple to frequent beer halls as early as 08:30 hours in the morning. They emotionally charged that time has come for a leader who is not only specialized in rhectoric but is action oriented. A youth in Mtendere compound added that Zambia's weak laws requirea strong leader with the capacity of making lawenforcement agencies to do their work. Anoother respondent in Kabwata added that the past two intellectual presidents failed Zambians and that he wanted to give chance to Sata who values hard work.
Most respondents in favour of the PF leader said the opposition leader would make poeple to work extra hard in their specialized fields of the economy saying that other leaders have failed to turn around Zambia's abundant resources. To them, Sata is a dynamic leader who is result-oriented. Otherwise, Sata's contribution to national development during the second and third republics was hailed as a demonstartion of excellence leadership.


PRESIDENTIAL OPINION POLL

PARTY	MUNALI	LUSAKA CENTRAL	KABWATA
PF	58%	150%	82%
NDF	4%	0%	0%
HP	4%	3%	2%
UDA	9%	21%	10%
MMD	28%	26%	6%