IF you were in Zambia and particularly Copperbelt or Lusaka around 2019 and 2020, you will find it traumatising to even just remember the incidences of gassing. You needed to sleep in a gas mask if you could afford one. Some needed a gun, or knife for self-protection. For others, a whistle is all they could manage so that they can call for help when under attack. Instigated by a spate of gassing of households, the tension that gripped Zambians during those years, including residents of Southern and Central provinces, was unimaginable. It was worse because at some point, police officers were arrested for helping gassing suspects escape from custody. One such incident was reported in Chingola, leaving citizens wondering...