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In a blitz of new appointments just days after he was sworn in President Hakainde Hichilema has appointed veteran economist Situmbeko Musokotwane as Finance Minister a role he previously held in Rupiah Banda's government...
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President Hakainde Hichilema's inauguration on 24 August ended the tense period that followed polling day on 12 August when it looked as though his predecessor Edgar Lungu might refuse to accept defeat...
Lungu conceded after a landslide carried the United Party for National Development (UPND) leader to State House by almost a million votes (about 60% of the ballot to Lungu's 38%) in a heated presidential contest – Hichilema's sixth (Dispatches 16/8/21 President Lungu dithers then concedes after challenger Hakainde Hichilema's landslide victory)...
Hichilema's debt mountaineering Possibly President Hakainde Hichilema's biggest task as the new head of state is to bring the debt crisis under control...
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In a short speech on state television on 16 August President Edgar Lungu congratulated his rival Hakainde Hichilema on his landslide win in last week's presidential elections and promised to 'comply with all the constitutional provisions for a peaceful transition...
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UPND presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema has been pulling large crowds especially in the swing provinces of Lusaka and Copperbelt according to witnesses...
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Lungu is in a close fight for the presidency with United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema who lost by 100 000 votes in the last election in 2016...
Anthony Bwalya assistant to United Party for National Development (UPND) leader and presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema ridiculed it: 'Since when was being broke and needing a bailout an achievement...
Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema is investing hope and major resources including a phone app and satellite systems to mobilise over 20 000 election agents from his United Party for National Development (UPND) to help prevent fraud at polling stations in the 12 August general election...
The ruling Patriotic Front's Lungu's main rival as on two previous occasions is Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) with the Socialist Party's Fred M'membe publisher of the now closed The Post newspaper trying to make an impression on the national scene for the first time (AC Vol 57 No 13 Not the last Post)...
Here there is growing support for the opposition United Party for National Development and its leader Hakainde Hichilema...
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UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has been gaining momentum in many areas of the country...
The President has also indicated in private conversations that he might consider not seeking re-election if he is guaranteed immunity from prosecution gets a decisive say on his choice of successor and the leader of the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema is kept out of State House we understand (AC Vol 58 No 9)...
