UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the main funders of party activities are members of parliament who contribute about K500,000 per month. Mweetwa adds that the only time corporate entities donate to the party is during fundraising events which are done publicly. Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) Executive Director Maurice Nyambe recently challenged the UPND to disclose which corporate entities are funding its Secretary General’s CDF tours and other party activities. This was after UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda said during ZNBC’s Sunday Interview that the money he uses to finance his countrywide inspections of CDF projects was not from government coffers but contributions from private corporate entities and party sympathisers. Imenda said the party had been raising funds through initiatives like...

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