In the run-up to the January 20 election, Opposition United Party for National Development Vice President Canicius Banda, a medical doctor, said that the burden of proof lay with ruling Patriotic Front President Lungu to convince the nation that he was well because a medical report his party had seen indicated that the now head of state allegedly suffered from a kidney problem. 
Wakati wa kuelekea kwenye uchaguzi wa Januari 20, Makamu wa Rais wa Chama cha Upinzani cha UPND, Canicius Banda, daktari wa tiba, alisema chama kinachotawala cha PF anakotoka Rais Lungu kina kazi ya kulishawishi taifa kwamba hana matatizo ya kiafya kwa sababu cheti cha uchunguzi wa afya ambacho chama chake kimekiona kinaonesha kwamba mkuu huyo wa sasa wa nchi anaugua maradhi ya figo.