HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says the defections of opposition members to the UPND will not make the party complacent. Recently, a number of PF MPs, mayors and councillors have defected to the UPND, pledging their support to President Hakainde Hichilema. Commenting on this at a press briefing in Livingstone, Mwiimbu said the defections were a sign that the UPND government was taking the country in the right direction. “If anything, that is encouraging us to work hard. It just shows that the leadership of President Hakainde Hichilema is delivering. That is why you have seen a number of current serving council leaders and MPs joining the party because they believe that the direction the government is...

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