PF Information and Publicity Chairperson Emmanuel Mwamba says doing away with retirement benefits for former heads of state can only promote corruption among sitting Presidents. On Monday, Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa said President Hakainde Hichilema held the view that it was unfair to accord a former president benefits because such persons had opportunities to put their lives in order when in office. “I can disclose without the fear of contradiction [that] the current President, President Hakainde Hichilema holds the view that I have always known that creating all these privileges to make available to someone who was President is unfair. Because this is a person who occupies the highest office in the land. This is somebody who probably had...

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