Tue, 04 Apr 2017 09:56:33 +0000 IT IS gratifying to learn that Western Province will now have a substantive Ngambela or Prime Minister for the first time in five years and we hope and trust that the new development will help ease the political tension rising in the region as the Kuomboka ceremony on April 8 approaches. The political instability that has characterised the region since the flash riots of February 14 2011 when a number of people died after marauding youths demanding ‘‘separation’’ clashed with the police, has become a source of worry not only to Government but all Zambians who cherish peace and progress. It is unfortunate that Western Province has become a cauldron of political confusion with no certainty as to what is going on. There are several shadowy political groupings making various demands but whose agendas are poles apart. As it is no group can claim to represent a sizeable […]
