TALK around has been that there is a consideration being made for President Hakainde Hichilema to reappoint former Foreign Affairs minister Stanley Kakubo into the position. Recent developments speak to that narrative too. It’s a publicly known secret that there has been serious beef between Mr Kakubo and his Chinese partners whom he was seen exchanging huge sums of money with in a viral video that got the minister in trouble. In fact, the video itself was taken by the Chinese allies who were present in that meeting; it was surety in case the minister behaved funny, and when he did, the Chinese did not hesitate to unleash it. Threats started being thrown around from both parties; the Chinese and...

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