Thu, 21 Sep 2017 11:02:24 +0000 ANY doubts that anyone could have had about the calibre of some politicians’ intelligence or lack of it must have been put to rest by the behaviour of Mr Hakainde Hichilema, the president of what is Zambia’s largest opposition party, the United Party for National Development. He is that type of leader who lacks tact, cannot read the mood of the people he claims to represent, or as he says, even sacrifice to be locked up “for their cause.” He definitely is not a man of the people. Just consider this. Like a man who has been in hibernation for months, he wakes up from deep slumber and starts issuing ultimatums to all and sundry. The UPND president has issued a 15-day ultimatum to President Edgar Lungu to increase the maize floor price. Yet, President Lungu has calmed the stormy weather that evolved when the Food Reserve Agency (FRA), […]
