Dear Editor,“WHY do politicians lie a lot?” is a question I once asked my Political Science lecturer and his blunt response was politicians lie a lot because lies are often the most expedient route to achieving their ends. During the just ended election campaign trails, the United Party for National Development (UPND) and its President and now Republican President Mr. Hakainde HIchilema tried to be all things to the voters and they talked up their promises a little too much. They literally promised heaven on Earth where no single Zambian would go to bed hungry. President Hichilema and the UPND made a lot of promises among them free education from grade one to university and selling of the Presidential jet but it is the latter that is currently a matter of public debate after President Hichilema decided not to use the Gulf Stream or Presidential Jet when travelling to the United States to attend the United Nations General Assembly, […]
THE UPND GOVT ABOUT LYING
