FIFTEEN Members of Parliament have petitioned the Speaker of the National Assembly to take action against Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima after he suggested that there’s physical poverty and poverty of the mind in Luapula. In his remarks during a parliamentary committee proceeding last week, Syakalima expressed concern that the poorest province also had the lowest enrolment record despite free education. “I was saying to the Provincial administration, I think Luapula is the hardest hit in terms of poverty [at] more than 84 per cent. So when I reached Mwense I said it is unacceptable for Luapula to be hard hit in terms of poverty. And I realised that Luapula Province was the least even when we had this free...