GOVERNANCE activist Rueben Lifuka says the government’s tendency to reward UPND cadres through consent judgements for even the flimsiest of reasons is unacceptable. Last week, the State agreed to award 17 UPND members K600,000 each as damages for false imprisonment through a consent judgement. Not long before this, the State awarded a UPND lawyer Martha Mushipe K2.1 million. The list is long, including party provincial chairperson Obvious Mwaliteta and his fellow party members who were gifted with K900,000 each. Minister of Transport Frank Tayali got away with K450,000 because he suffered “mental anguish” at the hands of the former ruling party. Last year, five UPND members who were incarcerated alongside President Hakainde Hichilema walked home with K6.4 million each. Mr...
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