Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:41:15 +0000 By SIMON MUNTEMBA STATE House has asked New Vision Newspaper to immediately retract and apologise for publishing what it termed as “concocted and fabricated” story against President Lungu. Presidential spokesperson Amos Chanda said it was unfortunate and unprofessional for New Vision to carry a false story that claimed that President Edgar Lungu was Zambia’s second richest with a net worth of US$400 million when he was not. Mr Chanda was reacting to a story carried in the New Vision tabloid of Friday, February 23 entitled “Lungu Zambia’s second richest – Forbes.” The New Vision claimed that according to Forbes, President Lungu was now the second richest person in Zambia with a net worth of US$400m from K2m in 2015. New Vision claimed that in January this year, Forbes reported that President Lungu had moved from number 123 in 2015 to become second richest person after UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema […]
