THE Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) has expressed concern about President Hakainde Hichilema’s recent statement that Zambia is a unitary state and there is no country called Barotseland. But the Mbunda Royal Establishment says it fully supports President Hichilema’s statement as its thorough scrutiny of the world map has failed to yield results of any location of a country called Barotseland. While addressing Permanent Secretaries last week, President Hichilema said there was nothing like Barosteland because Zambia was a unitary state. “…PS Akapelwa, you don’t have a country called Western Province, Barotse land. There’s nothing like that. It’s a unitary State. I’m serious. This is a unitary state. You must remind yourself and the people that we’re One Zambia, One Nation,...

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