UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says ruling party Secretary General Batuke Imenda misrepresented President Hakainde Hichilema when he told members that the Head of State would take care of them with money received from African Development Bank and the European Union. And Mweetwa says the party is still working around proper communication channels, admitting that some officials have been making “unguarded statements” of late. Speaking when he received defectors from the Patriotic Front and Economic Front in Chawama, Saturday, Imenda assured UPND members that President Hichilema had committed to taking good care of them. “Yesterday (Friday), the President assured me, he said ‘now that we have done the debt restructuring, I will look after my members comfortably. Ine President Hakainde Hichilema...

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