FORMER Mines Minister Richard Musukwa says the UPND only wanted to gain cheap political sympathy by suspending their campaigns in honour of Dr Kenneth Kaunda. And Musukwa says the PF is not worried about the UPND’s “petty” campaigns because President Edgar Lungu is Zambia’s number one choice. In an interview, Musukwa said the resumption of the UPND campaigns was expected because the party lacked consistency. “We were not excited because we know that that is how they [UPND] are. It was never thought through properly so we expected that. Not just lack of consistency but they wanted to seek political sympathy but they have seen that the cheap political sympathy they wanted to win was not there. They wanted artificial...

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