ON Friday, police nabbed opposition leaders Kasonde Mwenda of the Economic Freedom Fighters, Jackson Silavwe of Golden Party Zambia and New Heritage Party leader Chishala Kateka among several others, for staging a protest against the 25-year concession for the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project granted to Chinese firms. As police picked them up around the Lusaka Civic Centre area where they planned to convene, the New Heritage Party leader fruitlessly tried to reason with the police who had also picked up a journalist covering the event in the process. “Umfweni (listen), you are Zambians just like us…we are concerned about what future we are leaving for our children. Namumona ifintu fileonauka (you have seen things are being destroyed)…listen to what I...

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