FORMER Second Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Mwiimba Malama says the tension surrounding the funeral of late former president Edgar Lungu could have been avoided if the government had sent the right people to engage with the family. Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, Malama said it was inappropriate for the government to assign individuals who had previously mocked or criticised Lungu to negotiate funeral arrangements on its behalf. “I think it should have taken the government to find the right people to negotiate, you can’t take people who teased him, who mocked him to go and negotiate on your behalf. For example if they take Nevers Mumba to go and negotiate with the family, the family will not...

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