PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has promised chiefs that government will increase their salaries now that debt restructuring has been achieved. And President Hichilema says traditional leaders should let government know when their subjects are unable to access food at the nearest depots during the current drought period. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says even as government is trying its best to provide food during the drought, citizens must be preservative and not waste food. Speaking when he officiated the Lwiindi-Gonde traditional ceremony in Monze District, Monday, President Hichilema said chiefs should let government know when their subjects were unable to access food at the nearest depots during the current drought period. “You know I launched the first palace in Mansa for Chief Chimense’s...

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