Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:03:00 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO CALLS for the unconditional release of UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema using the Local Governmnet Association of Zambia (LGAZ) by some mayors and councillors in Southern Province are misplaced and should be ignored, Luanshya mayor Nathan Chanda has charged. Heads of councils in Southern Province have called on the State to unconditionally drop the charges slapped on Mr. Hichilema. The district council chairpersons and mayors said they believed that the charges levelled against Mr. Hichilema were trumped up and were meant to silence him. But Mr. Chanda told the Daily Nation yesterday that such moves were misplaced, ill-conceived and should not be tolerated and warned heads of councils in Southern Province not to propagate their political motives using LGAZ because it was a non-partisan entity. He said it was disappointing that his fellow leaders in the province had failed to distinguish between politics and […]
