MPEZENI FUMES…Inauguration snub shocks paramount chiefBy ADRIAN MWANZAPARAMOUNT Chief Mpezeni of the Ngoni has expressed shock at the snub by the new administration to attend the inauguration of the country’s seventh Republican President, Mr Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday.Chief Mpezeni in an interview said he did not attend the inauguration because he did not receive an invitation despite people knowing that he was in Lusaka.He said what surprised him was the fact that a number of chiefs in the country were handed invitation cards to witness the transfer of power from President Edgar Lungu to his successor, Mr Hichilema.“I can confirm I’m in Lusaka but I was not part of that event because how do you go to an event when you have not been invited, it’s not possible,” he said.He said he did not know the motive but that it was the prerogative of the organisers to invite people they wanted to attend the inauguration […]
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