FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says those defecting to the UPND do not have any value. Her comment comes after Kitwe Mayor Mwaya Mpasa, Chipata Independent Mayor George Mwanza, Roan Independent MP Joel Chibuye and others recently joined the UPND. In an interview, Phiri argued that even during the PF’s time there were many defections, yet the party still lost the general elections. She added that she felt sorry for President Hakainde Hichilema if he believed he had support from civil servants. “You saw the defections in PF, people coming to PF. In fact, those people who are defecting to UPND, they don’t even have value. Like the way you saw Charles Kakoma, the entire machinery of UPND,...

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