BY OLIVER SAMBOKOIt’s not tribal to tell your people to vote and in fact we a forming a non governmental organization (NGO) on Monday to teach people to vote, Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people of Northern Province has said.And Chitimukulu has supported sentiments by UNZA lecturer Mbita Chitala on the need for the nation to seek homegrown solutions as opposed to going back to the International Monetary Fund for a stimulus package.He warned that the IMF would come with harsh conditions which he stated would weaken the government resulting in problems for the civil service and other sections of the economy including removal of subsidies.On the issue of being a puppet because he was being paid by the government, the chief said, he was not the only being paid but all chiefs, including his friend and a staunch UPND, Chief Mukuni. “We get K15,000 and not the money Lukuku was mentioning.“Even my […]
I am not a tribalist – Chitmukulu
