Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:16:59 +0000 By KALOBWE BWALYA HARRY Kalaba resigned as Foreign Affairs Minister because of his failed bid to be appointed as President Edgar Lungu’s running mate in the 2016 general election, says Luapula Province PF youth chairperson Jacob Chilufya. Speaking during a media briefing in Mansa yesterday, Mr Chilufya said in 2015, Mr Kalaba sent two people to meet officials from the party over his proposal to be President Lungu’s running mate. Mr Chilufya said he and provincial vice treasurer Geoffrey Mukonko were invited to Mansa Lodge by the named people from Lusaka for a meeting to discuss Mr Kalaba’s proposal of which they refused because it was a destructive project. Mr Chilufya explained that they could not proceed with his proposal because only President Lungu had the power to choose a running mate and not traditional rulers as proposed by Mr Kalaba. “After the Presidential by-elections in 2015, Mr […]
