PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Political Advisor Levy Ngoma says citizens should not be afraid of the cyber security laws, arguing that they’re not targeted at stifling their freedoms. And Ngoma says UPND is not worried about how the laws being formulated now will affect them once they leave office because everything they’re doing is genuine. Following the enactment of the Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bills, netizens have gone into praise mode for fear that once they make any negative comments about government, they can be reported for abrogating the law. Commenting on this in an interview, Thursday, Ngoma said citizens were free to criticise government, but they should do so within the confines of the law. He said the law...

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