THEY said Hakainde Hichilema understood nothing about governance because he had no public service experience. They said once Zambians make a mistake of electing him to State House, he would turn the country into his personal enterprise because that is all he was interested in. Others actually went tribal and said a Tonga would never rule Zambia. A lot of people hated Mr Hichilema – most of them for no reason at all. They wanted Zambians to believe that the current President was a selfish and greedy man. That is the nature of Zambian politics. President Hichilema, vilified for many years, is now in State House. His government has just delivered the first national budget and his haters cannot believe...

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