FORMER Luapula PF MP Chanda Katotobwe has been elected president of the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP). Katotobwe has pledged to strengthen the party and champion policies aimed at ending poverty through industrialisation and research-driven development. Speaking at the party’s General Conference after being elected at Palm Valley Resort in Lusaka, Friday, Katotobwe said politics should be anchored on ethics and empathy. “The key here is empathy, which is lacking in our political space today. Some of our politicians have no empathy and that is why many of our citizens are living in abject poverty. Because of the lack of empathy by politicians, 78 per cent of our citizens are poor. Due to lack of empathy, politicians do not focus...