STATE House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka says things would have been worse if President Hakainde Hichilema was not in charge. United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) Chairperson Sakwiba Sikota, State Counsel said the country was in “starvation mode”, not due to climate change, but because of poor planning and the total system failure of President Hichilema’s government. In a statement, Sikota said the country would not have found itself in an embarrassing position of begging for international relief if government had not sold the maize strategic reserves of 1.5 million metric tonnes. “We watched President Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday, 19th March, [2024] during what appeared like a ´special paid for´ appearance on CNN and BBC where he went on an international...