THE fact that Charles Milupi, Josephs Akafumba, Kelvin Bwalya Fube, Felix Mutati and other alliance partners granted Mr Hakainde Hichilema the much needed liberty to appoint a person of his choice as running mate calls for a moment of acknowledgment. Firstly we would like to congratulate Mr Hakainde Hichilema for picking the former deputy speaker of the National Assembly as the UPND presidential running mate ahead of the August 12 general elections. While this might not have been an easy undertaking, we believe that even Mr Hichilema himself feels proud about his decision. Like we have stated in previous editorial opinions, the UPND has previously lost votes because they have opportunistically picked a disloyal vice-president or running mate out of...