National Democratic Congress (NDC) is a political party in
Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...
. It was formed by former Information minister
Chishimba Kambwili after he was fired from the ruling
Patriotic Front by President
Edgar Lungu in 2016.
Kambwili had been a fierce critic of President Lungu since he was relieved off his duties in 2016. In 2018, the NDC was banned from holding public meetings and Kambwili was arrested for inciting public violence.
In April 2021, Kambwili resigned from the NDC following an internal dispute with party Vice President Joseph Akafumba, and Kambwili has since allied himself once again with the
Patriotic Front party.
The party’s current leader is
Saboi Imboela. In early 2024, the NDC was one of the founding parties of the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA).
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References
Political parties in Zambia