TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has demanded that SME Minister Elias Mubanga retracts his statement that some Lumezi residents have not accessed CEEC empowerment funds because they did not vote for the UPND in 2021. TI-Z Executive Director Maurice Nyambe says Mubanga should also issue an apology for misleading the electorate in Lumezi and the general citizenry. In a statement, Wednesday, Nyambe said to suggest that access to government programmes was dependent on political support was not only ethically questionable but also contrary to the Constitution. “Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) notes with serious concern a report published by News Diggers yesterday (Tuesday), in which the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprise Development, Hon. Elias Mubanga, is quoted as telling residents of...