PARTY for National Unity and Progress (PNUP) leader Highvie Hamududu says Zambia’s economy can now run without IMF’s financial support as the macroeconomic fundamentals have improved. And New Heritage Party president Chishala Kateka says government’s plan of attempting another IMF package will not take citizens out of poverty. Recently, Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane revealed that government would not proceed with the one-year Extended Credit Facility under the IMF programme but was instead engaging them on another successor programme. Speaking when he featured on Hot FM, Tuesday, Hamududu said the country only required technical support from the IMF as there was no need to continue getting the credit facility. “The Ministry of Finance and the government have...
