FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri is wondering if UPND is like River Jordan where “sinners” get cleansed when they join the party. Recently, Innocent Kalimanshi, a cadre who was perceived to be among the violent cadres in the former ruling party defected to the ruling party. And in an interview on Wednesday, UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa defended the former PF cadre Kalimanshi and others who recently joined the party saying they had repented because they publicly apologised. Commenting on Mweetwa’s remarks in an interview, Phiri said the UPND was desperate for numbers to an extent they could admit people labelled as criminals in the party. “I started saying this when UPND won, when they started receiving defectors. I...