THE question is simple, did Mr Hakainde Hichilema declare interest or not when he sold the Hotel Intercontinental in Livingstone on behalf of the government? An emphatic answer is what is needed to settle the matter.So far, the UPND president has not pronounced himself to set the record straight and the public is left to conjecture and come up with different interpretations.Mr Hichilema’s previous attempts at setting the record straight through radio interviews, have been shambolic and empty public relations stunts. This is because he has become a master at spinning and putting out smokescreens for the public when confronted.Not long ago, Mr Hichilema boasted that he should not be blamed what happened during the privatization exercise just because the government or the Finance minister, in particular, Ms Edith Nawakwi, was sleeping when the deal was being cut.That is hardly the language or reasoning one expects from a person charged with carrying out a serious […]
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
