MMD president Nevers Mumba says President Hakainde Hichilema is not a Western puppet, arguing that if he were, the United States would not have included Zambia among the countries required to pay $15,000 for visas. Mumba has further recalled that at the height of the LGBTQ debate, when the US expected Zambia to respect LGBTQ rights, President Hichilema openly rejected the idea. Speaking when he appeared on Showstar’s House on Thursday, Mumba also dismissed suggestions that he was a UPND surrogate, stressing that the MMD and UPND were partners, not appendages of each other. On his role in observing Zimbabwe’s elections, Mumba said some critics wrongly assumed he had been sent on behalf of America or other Western powers to...