UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has revealed that Mines Minister Richard Musukwa, Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo and Southern Province Minister Edify Hamukale have been promising him money if he defects to the ruling Patriotic Front, an offer he says he has turned down. And Mweetwa says the UPND is expecting more defections of members of parliament to the PF because some MPs have been bought off by the ruling party. Speaking at a press briefing in Choma, Sunday, Mweetwa claimed that the PF had offered him K6 million and a Toyota Lang Cruiser if he defected to the ruling party. “What has PF done which you have not seen when you were member of parliament on the UPND ticket for...

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