Sat, 03 Dec 2016 10:10:09 +0000 THERE were angry exchanges in Parliament yesterday between Justice Minister Given Lubinda and Monze Central Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu when the latter accused the Patriotic Front government of allegedly transferring civil servants in the police service on tribal lines. Mr Lubinda, who is Kabwata MP, was particularly incensed that Mr Mwiimbu who had been in Parliament for four terms, could use un-parliamentary language and reduce the debate in the House to tribal talk. In his debate on the expenditure on the Office of the Public Protector, Mr Mwiimbu claimed that Government was making transfers particularly in the Zambia Police Service on account of tribalism. Mr Mwiimbu demanded that the Public Prosecutor should investigate how the PF government was transferring police officers on tribal lines and on the suspicion that they were sympathetic to the opposition UPND. The Monze MP, who is also leader of the opposition in the […]
