POLITICAL Analyst Dr Alex Ng’oma says President Hakainde Hichilema is selective when firing government officials. Commenting on the dismissal of Ministry of Mines and Minerals Development permanent secretary Mooya Lumamba, Dr Ng’oma said there are a lot of underperforming ministers, but the President has kept them in office. “First of all, to recognise that the power to hire and fire in government lies solely with the President, he can hire those that he wants and fire those that he thinks are not performing, but I think that the problem is that it appears that his firing of people is actually very selective, there are a lot of ministers who are not performing, who are not doing anything whatsoever, but he...

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