NEW Heritage Party Leader Chishala Kateka says what Zambia needs right now is a mine tax regime that is sensitive to the needs of the country and not just those of investors. On Sunday, Minister of Mines and Minerals Development Paul Kabuswe said his government will ensure right taxation in the mining sector by administering a system that won’t choke investors. Commenting on this in an interview, Tuesday, Kateka lamented that one of the things that successive Zambian governments were not good at was negotiating mine taxation. She argued that governments assumed that implementing a proper tax regime would chase away investors. “One of the things that we have said as New Heritage Party from the beginning is that when...

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