PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government has redirected funds from wasteful expenditure to ensure that no one dies of hunger due to the drought currently affecting the country. And President Hichilema has wondered where the alien culture of children insulting each other has come from. Speaking when he attended a church service at Mongu Central Seventh Day Adventist Church, Saturday, President Hichilema said government had taken proactive steps in response to the drought by realigning the 2024 national budget. “In such a situation Dr Muyumbwe, the government acted proactively to declare the [drought] situation a disaster and an emergency to invoke the support that is necessary. And we are pleased to say the response is so far looking extremely good, a...

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