FORMER labour minister Joyce Simukoko says the UPND government should focus on their works and promises because they might lose track if they concentrate on responding to criticism. Commenting on President Hakainde Hichilema’s statement that Zambians should learn their lesson by not allowing another government to come and borrow recklessly the way PF did, Simukoko argued that borrowing was not a crime unless one fails to pay back. “Borrowing is not a crime. What is a crime is when you fail to pay back. In all institutions, no one can say they don’t borrow. Borrowing is not a crime. What is bad is not to pay back. So to start talking about borrowing, it’s a credit world, people borrow and...

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