CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says prematurely disclosing details of the ongoing Zambia-USA health aid negotiations could jeopardise the process. And in response to former health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s remarks that government should consider raising sin taxes to fund HIV/AIDS programmes, Mweetwa says government will not burden citizens with more taxes. On Friday, Chapter One Foundation Executive Director Josiah Kalala said government owed citizens information on the Zambia-USA health aid negotiations. But in an interview, Monday, Mweetwa said giving government’s position on a matter that had not yet been agreed upon would jeopardise the negotiations. “This is a matter that is under round-table dialogue and therefore, there is no one with the right of demanding what has not yet...
