FORMER Secretary to the Cabinet Leslie Mbula says Patrick Kangwa’s warning that civil servants intending to join politics must resign is timely. On Tuesday, Kangwa, who is Secretary to the Cabinet, said he would not allow civil servants to campaign using government resources, urging permanent secretaries and district commissioners who wished to join politics to resign. Commenting on this in an interview, Wednesday, Mbula said civil servants were encouraged to be neutral. “It was a very timely warning by the Secretary to Cabinet because as you know, we are approaching election time and according to the Constitution, nobody is banned, unless they are criminals, from becoming politicians. But you see, when you are a civil servant, you keep your politics...