Zambia President Edgar Lungu Wednesday sacked Community Development minister Emerine Kabanshi whose portfolio manages a social cash transfer scheme currently embroiled in fraud allegations. The president also sacked Zampost postmaster.
Zambia’s government will proceed with plans to inaugurate President Edgar Lungu as the Constitutional Court’s extension beyond a 14-day deadline of the opposition’s legal challenge to the vote is illegal,.
By Reuters Zambia will control expenditure and take measures to boost economic growth, President Edgar Lungu who was re-elected to the helm of Africa’s second-largest copper producer at a vote.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu maintained a slim lead over his main rival on Sunday with nearly half of votes counted as the opposition called for greater urgency in releasing results.
