PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says no one has or will be arrested for criticing the government but adds that people giving “toxic” criticism will not be heard. Civil rights activist Brebner Changala recently described the President’s call for stakeholders to be open with his government as pure hypocrisy, arguing that UPND doesn’t entertain criticism. He added that many people had been arrested for merely criticing the new dawn government. But in an interview, Bwalya said President Hakainde Hichilema ran an open-door approach to public service. “First of all, no one has been arrested for giving government advice, no one has been arrested for criticising government. We want to be very clear about that. And no one will be arrested for...

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