JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says there is credence to arguments that former president Edgar Lungu obtained money by pecuniary advantage because he had not really retired from active politics and any conscious citizen can challenge this in court. Meanwhile, Haimbe says it’s laughable to argue that the democratic space in Zambia is shrinking. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Haimbe said it was not for government to challenge whether or not Lungu should have gotten retirement benefits. “There’s a civil society organisation that is saying that the behaviour of a former president shows that he knew that for all intents and purposes, [he had not] retired and yet drew benefits from the people of Zambia, made us pay...

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