THE reported development in which our former first lady madam Maureen Mwanawasa is said to have borrowed money from shylocks who have since ‘taken over’ the former president’s retirement house makes sad reading for many reasons. We are told that around 2017, our former first lady got into a desperate situation that needed cash. Having nowhere to turn to, she sought help from money lenders for a loan totaling K1.2 million. We are further told that she used the said former president’s retirement house as collateral, with a buy back clause in the agreement. As fate would have it, ba Maureen failed to pay back, ‘lost’ the house and when she later organised herself to buy back the property, the...

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