Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:49:39 +0000 By Aaron Chiyanzo FOUR Zambians have petitioned President Edgar Lungu to dismiss minister of National Planning and Development, Lucky Mulusa with immediate effect for alleged breach of Cabinet collective responsibility. In a video circulating on social media, Mr Mulusa is alleged to have been mocking his fellow minster of Local Government that he was struggling to explain the purchase of 42 fire tenders at a cost of US$ 42 million. And the petitioners, Celestin Mukandila, Katimba Chisanga, Denis Bwalya and Benjamin Siwila charged that Zambia could not have ministers making a mockery of other ministers as that was tantamount to abrogating provisions of the Law. The petitioners explained that the constitution, the ministerial code of conduct Act, clearly stated that “a person holding Ministerial office, cannot issue public statements criticizing another person holding ministerial office”. They reiterated that Mr Mulusa had become so “Trigger Happy” in terms of issuing […]
