PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is confident that the Bill to amend the National Pension Scheme Act so as to provide for partial access to pension benefits will be passed in Parliament. Speaking when he met management, student representatives and academic staff at Copperbelt University, Thursday, President Hichilema said some people were mocking the UPND on the NAPSA reforms which had now become a reality. “The pension, I am glad you have acknowledged, many people were mocking us ‘where is the NAPSA reform’? Ilikwisa (where is it)? Wait first, now it has come. So please encourage all MPs, not just UPND MPs, we don’t want just UPND MPs just voting for it in the House. We will still win, the...

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