FORMER vice-president Enock Kavindele has rejected former Botswana president Ian Khama’s description of President Hakainde Hichilema as “Africa’s newest dictator,” saying Zambia’s constitutional institutions, electoral history and reform record speak for themselves. Khama, in a video circulating on social media, described President Hichilema as “Africa’s newest dictator” while questioning Botswana’s decision to attend his inauguration. He asked Botswana’s Foreign Affairs Minister whether he regretted the country’s attendance, given its commitment to democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Reacting to that in a statement, Saturday, Kavindele said Zambia is a constitutional, multiparty democracy with established institutions of governance. “I have followed with regret a series of statements made by the former president of the Republic of Botswana, Lieutenant General...