Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:53:15 +0000 By ANDREA MUKOMA UNITED National Independence Party (UNIP) in Southern Province has accused the United Party for National Development (UPND) leadership of abandoning its members who are incarcerated in the Livingstone Central Prisons. Provincial chairman Captain Robert Mukengami said that the UPND has neglected over 45 women, youths and men who were arrested in Namwala during the violence that erupted after the August 11, 2016 general elections. Mr. Mukengami disclosed that the party’s top leadership has not been visiting its members even after knowing that they were in prison. “As UNIP, I went to visit my district trustee who is incarcerated in prison but what I discovered was that there are over 45 Namwala residents who were arrested after that violence that was recorded after elections and the UPND leadership has not been visiting them “It is sad that the UPND is failing to provide care to their […]
