Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:40:13 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO GARRY Nkombo narrowly escaped the UPND axe during the adoption process for the 2016 elections because he has always been accused of holding presidential ambitions and taking over from Hakainde Hichilema, Edwin Lifwekelo has revealed. Speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday, Mr. Lifwekelo said the fear factor engineered by safe-guarding personally appointed positions among senior members of the UPND had eroded objectivity in the party as Mr. Hichilema himself decided the course of action the party took on a number of decisions to consolidate his stay at the helm of the party. He said Mr. Nkombo had always been defending himself through the media over his alleged presidential ambitions, adding that the 2016 elections would have been a turning point as manoeuvres to sideline him from the adoption process were high because he was seen as a threat to Mr. Hichilema. “There was a […]
