FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says sometimes, people are unnecessarily harsh on the performance of the UPND government. In an interview, Dr Musokotwane said the exchange rate would have been at K40 if PF was still in government. “I think people should also put things into perspective. This government has done more to reduce the rise in the cost of living. There’s no question at all that under the PF government, the cost of living was rising faster than today. We know this because numbers don’t lie. At the time, inflation was at 24, 25 percent, now it is half of that. So this clearly shows that if prices are rising as they were doing before under...