TIZ challenges govt to end violence, create better political atmosphere

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says Zambians have had enough of lawlessness and expect the new dawn regime to create a better political atmosphere during elections. And TI-Z has urged the police to expedite their investigations and bring perpetrators of violence to book. In a statement, Tuesday, TI-Z executive director Maurice Nyambe condemned the violence which had been taking place in Petauke. He said it was was disheartening that political violence had continued even in the new dawn administration. “Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) is appalled by the political violence that has occurred in the Kaumbwe parliamentary election campaigns in Petauke, where suspected cadres from the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) are reported to have attacked the campaign teams of...