International community assigns roles to former presidents to give them sense of self worth – Nevers

MMD president Nevers Mumba says the international community is trying to make use of former presidents by giving them obligations as a way of making them feel a sense of worth. Commenting on the African Union’s decision to appoint former president Edgar Lungu as its head of election observer mission in Kenya’s elections next year, Mumba said in the absence of something to do, former presidents tend to be a source of pain in Africa. “I think it is a global phenomenon. At the moment, international organisations are trying to make use of former presidents as a way of occupying them with [an] activity that brings worth to them. In the absence of that, a lot of former presidents have...