Dear Editor,I HAVE noted with sadness an illegal recording being circulated of the conversation I held with the Bank of Zambia Governor, Mr. Christopher Mvunga.Let me give a brief background to this innocent conversation that has been misconstrued.It is public knowledge that the government owes local contractors, and suppliers of goods and services over $5 billion for infrastructural works done, goods supplied and services provided.So when the Bank of Zambia recently advertised for the open market to buy Government Bonds and Treasury Bills, various contractors and suppliers owed money by Government approached many of us deemed of influence and have served in Government to understand how the money owed to them by the state could be turned into Government Bonds or Treasury Bills.It is public knowledge that I have served in Government as a Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Labour, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Services. I have also been a member of parliament […]
GOVT SHOULD DISMANTLE THE $5BN LOCAL DEBT, IGNORE THE RECORDING
