JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says Zambians are interested to know how former president Edgar Lungu’s wife, Esther, came to have the US$400,000. The former first lady’s lawyer, Jonas Zimba, recently said that his client would only explain her US$400,000 when need arises, arguing that the key issue at the moment was whether the rule of law was being upheld. But commenting on Zimba’s remarks, in an interview, Haimbe said it is only right for the former first lady to explain the money once she is requested to do so. “Let the law take its course, there is nobody who is above the law. What our colleagues are suggesting is that for some strange reason, them and their associates are above...

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