Govt condemns attack on Mpika radio station by UPND cadres

MINISTER of Information and Media Chushi Kasanda has condemned the attack on Mpika FM Radio station by suspected UPND cadres during a live phone-in programme. In a statement, Friday, Kasanda, who is also chief government spokesperson, described the attack as disturbing, saying government prides itself in having eradicated cadre hooliganism. “Government is disturbed by reports of [the] attack on Mpika FM Radio station in Muchinga Province by suspected United Party for National Development (UPND) cardres during a live phone-in programme on which an opposition Member of Parliament was being featured. The New Dawn leadership prides in having eradicated cadre hooliganism and takes strong exception to anyone engaging in the vice,” she stated. “Government demands that the political leadership at the…...