By SIMON MUNTEMBATHE PF government was hesitant to secure the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreement because the conditions were against the pro-poor ideology, former minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo has said.Mr Kampyongo said it would have been a betrayal to ignore the needs of the vulnerable citizens just to secure an IMF package which comes with hash conditions that have a negative economic impact on citizens. He said in an interview that unlike the UPND government which is for the rich, PF is a poor-poor party which did not want to disadvantage the vulnerable Zambians.Mr Kampyongo said some of the IMF conditions were inappropriate for a developing country like Zambia.He said PF led government was pro-poor and could not make a decision to disadvantage the vulnerable citizens across the country in order to strike a deal with IMF.“As PF, we do not regret missing the opportunity to strike a deal with the IMF because some conditions were against the […]
‘IMF CONDITIONS AGAINST PRO-POOR IDEOLOGY’
