PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he is ready to deal with the concerns that former president Edgar Lungu’s family have once the former head of state is given a honourable funeral. And President Hichilema adds that he is conscious of the Lungu family’s feelings over the matter. Speaking in an interview when he featured on the ‘Africa Here and Now’ podcast, President Hichilema said he was confident that the impasse over Lungu’s burial would end quicker than many expected. “It’s not about me. It’s about respecting the wishes of those that put us in office. Who? The Zambian people. When the Zambian people take decisions, some are moral, some are customary, some are legal. The package of these decisions when we...

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