A Zambian of Scottish descent Guy Scott, was appointed interim president a day after Mr Sata died.
A section of Zambia's constitution known as the indigenous
clause prohibited the 70-year-old from contesting the election, on the
grounds that his parents were not born in Zambia.
For many ordinary Zambians, his skin colour didn't seem to matter. Many said they saw him simply as Zambian.
Mr Scott has been a major political player since the 1990s,
shifting from party to party until he ended up in the PF, as Mr Sata's
running mate. The two were known to be close friends.
His relationship with PF's presidential candidate, Edgar
Lungu, has not been good. A disagreement burst into the open when Mr
Scott sacked Mr Lungu as party secretary-general.
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