Sat, 12 Nov 2016 14:05:24 +0000 TRADITIONAL leaders protested the awarding of hunting concessions to foreigners and demanded that late president Michael Sata allocate the contracts to indigenous Zambians, says former Tourism minister Sylvia Masebo. Ms Masebo said several traditional leaders and community resource board chairpersons in a letter to the late president indicated their displeasure over the awarding of hunting concessions which they felt were not benefiting the local people. The former Chongwe Member of Parliament said in her submissions before Lusaka Resident Magistrate Irene Wishimanga that 21 traditional leaders and several Community Resource Board chairpersons wrote a letter to President Michael Sata complaining over the selection of the 2013 safari outfitters. This was in her continued defence in the case of abuse of authority of office against her in the cancellation of the hunting concessions without following laid down procedures. She said Mr Sata sounded unhappy when he called to find out if […]
