By Wilbert Mukori- “It will not be the start or the end of the world if Zambia’s President Haikainde Hichilema does not attend tomorrow’s inauguration,” stated Professor Jonathan Moyo in his recent article. “Whether President Hakainde Hichilema attends the inauguration tomorrow is entirely up to him, no big deal. The proposition that the inauguration will…
Buoyed by strong local and international backing, the new government targets progress on debt and social policy, The big questions for President Haikainde Hichilema s new government are whether it will succeed in restructuring the country s US$14.71 billion foreign debt and live up to its pledge to be a clean administration. It was their promises of economic competence and anti-corruption that gave Hichilema and his United Party for National Development (UPND) their landslide victory in last August s election.