CTPD Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo says it was in the country’s best interest that President Hakainde Hichilema attended the inauguration of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Chipoka Mulenga says President Hichilema’s message during the inauguration ceremony was timely, as a number of trucks bringing cargo into Zambia had stalled. Opposition leaders, including Citizens First president Harry Kalaba, had questioned why President Hichilema traveled for the inauguration despite a controversial election. Commenting on the matter in an interview on Tuesday, Mwaipopo said there was a lot of trade at stake, and Zambia might not want to risk a strained relationship with Tanzania given the volumes of trade between the countries. “It was actually in the...