Kalabo Central UPND MP Chinga Miyutu has explained why he wept in Parliament recently, saying the minister’s response “took him off”. On Tuesday, Miyutu wept in Parliament, after Energy Minister Peter Kapala described Kalabo as a rural constituency. Miyutu got emotional after Kapala disclosed that the government had no plans to construct a filling station in his constituency due to shifts in policies that saw government disengaging from financing, procuring and constructing rural filling stations and other petroleum infrastructure In an interview, Miyutu said having grown up with his grandmother, he was very empathetic. “What took me off is the fact that the government cannot handle the issue of filling stations in rural areas, it will never put me in...

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