SPEAKING during the Annual Greeting of the Diplomatic Corps at State House, Thursday, President Hakainde Hichilema said so far, he is happy with the fight against corruption. He said: “So far, I’m happy myself, we slowed down in the first two years, but last year, we picked up momentum. We now understood where the rigidities were. But the fight against corruption is not equivalent to the loss of human rights. The fight against corruption will continue into 2025, now we have refined it”. The President acknowledges a slow start in the fight against corruption during the first two years of his administration. This admission is both candid and troubling. In our view, it points to his awareness that his administration...

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