CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says President Hakainde Hichilema has created time to attend as many traditional ceremonies as possible so that he also uses the occasions to engage with the people during a drought crisis year. And Mweetwa says the Head of State delegated Foreign Affairs Minister Mulambo Haimbe to represent him at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – CHOGM in Samoa because he did not want to be absent during the Diamond Jubilee Independence celebrations. Asked why the President delegated Haimbe and not Vice-President Mutale Nalumango, Mweetwa said the Vice-President was out of the country. “I would like to indicate that there is nothing strange about that. The Vice-President, as you will note from Parliament, is...

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