Kaunda endorses Banda for president

The country goes to the polls on October 30following the death of president Levy Mwanawasa on August 19 in France.

Chief Justice Ernest Sakala has confirmed that the successful candidates who lodged their nomination papers for Zambia's first presidential by-election are Banda, Michael Sata, the leader of the Patriotic Front(PF), Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda, president of the Heritage Party and one-time vice president under ex-president Frederick Chiluba, and Hikainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPD).