THE Easter weekend controversy surrounding the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Honourable Stanley Kakubo cannot pass without a comment. First of all, the people of Zambia deserve to be commended for their vigilance. In fact the UPND government must be happy with the alertness of the people as demonstrated in the Chinese gift incident involving our minister, which others are calling a scandal. This is good for the country because a vigilant citizenry is an antidote to corruption and many other bad governance practices. The minister who is also a member of parliament for Kapiri Mposhi has endeavoured to give an explanation on what he was doing at Mpande Limestone Sinoma Cement premises and the gift he was...

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