A SUSPECTED UPND member is on the run after allegedly stealing 156x50Kg bags of D Compound and Urea fertiliser. But UPND Northern Province Provincial Chairperson Victor Sinkala has distanced the party from the fracas, asking police to arrest any perpetrators. Wise Lukwesa, who is said to be a member of the UPND security wing in Kasama, is allegedly on the run and his sympathisers yesterday run amok and blocked roads leading to Chambeshi Location Market after police seized the farming inputs from his residence. Lukwesa’s sympathisers burnt tyres and trees, causing business at the market to come to a standstill. According to a statement from Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga, unruly criminal elements ran amok burning tyres, trees and blocked all...

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