MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima says Zambians are not used to good things, which is why they think everyone is corrupt. And Syakalima has stressed that the 2023 teacher recruitment process was transparent, adding that even his own niece was left out of the selection process. Some stakeholders have alleged that the recent teacher recruitment process was marred with corruption as local people were sidelined. Mwinilunga UPND member of parliament Newton Samakayi recently lamented that only six Mwinilunga residents were recruited out of the 31 slots allocated to the constituency, while the rest came from other provinces. But in an interview, Syakalima argued that Zambians are used to corruption, and they think everyone is corrupt. “What we are doing in...

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