PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has agreed with FDD vice-president Chifumu Banda that there is need for the country to heal, saying after Edith Nawakwi’s funeral, government is ready to dialogue with the opposition. Speaking during Nawakwi’s funeral service, Banda said the FDD leader died a sad person as she had a lot of charges hanging on her. Banda said each time she spoke on behalf of the people, she was slapped with a charge and police relentlessly pursued her despite knowing she was unwell. “We will remember Edith Nawakwi as a person who spoke for the silent majority, of the downtrodden, the voiceless. And this is what brought her misunderstandings, especially with our friends who are in government. Not necessarily this...

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