LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says government needs time to rebuild the economy, further wondering why people can be impatient when the UPND has not even clocked two years in office. And Nkombo says President Hakainde Hichilema’s “ukutumpa” remark is not so different from former president Edgar Lungu’s statement that “ifwe tulebomba, utupuba tuletalika (we are working while some little fools are doubting us). In an interview, Thursday, Nkombo said it takes time to rebuild an economy that was destroyed over a period of 10 years. “Some people may want to argue about the economy. How long do you think it takes to rebuild an economy that was destroyed over a 10-year period? Is it one year,...

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