UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says the new dawn government will see to it that lawbreakers are arrested whether commodity prices are high or not. Commenting on Lusaka Lawyer Jonas Zimba’s remarks that the arrests being made were meant to divert public attention from escalating commodity prices, Imenda argued that even if food prices are high, if one steals they will be arrested. “Government is not trying to divert the attention of citizens from anything, everything operates as it’s supposed to be, whether prices are high or not. Even if food prices are high, you go and steal because you would say you were hungry, you will be arrested. If you are hungry, find alternative means. There are a...

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