By MILDRED KATONGO  –

.Chilangwa

LUAPULA Province Minister Nickson Chilangwa has said Patriotic Front (PF) rebel members are using corruption allegations against the Government as a gimmick to disturb the pace of development in the country.
Mr  Chilangwa who is also Luapula Province PF Chairperson said in a statement that claims of corrupt practices in the PF Government was a ploy by former ministers Harry Kalaba and Chishimba Kambwili to  disturb President Edgar Lungu’s speedy implementation of his development agenda.
He said Mr Kalaba and Mr Kambwili had realised that President Lungu was working with a sense of urgency to develop all the 10 Provinces of Zambia hence the ploy to interrupt his work rate.
Mr Chilangwa said the people of Zambia had seen through the duo’s lies and were not interested in the wild claims because they had seen that President Lungu was committed to changing the face of Zambia.
“It is cheap propaganda, there is no corruption in PF as alleged by those two former ministers, it is a political gimmick they are using as an attempt to weaken President Lungu’s Presidency. Thank God, the people who voted for President Lungu are not interested. Our people are clever than Mr Kalaba and Mr Kambwili and will not buy into their cheap lies,” Mr Chilangwa said.
He said Zambia was on the right track of development especially in the infrastructure sector which had never happened since independence.
Mr Chilangwa said there were a few roads in 2011 and since that time a number of them have been constructed.
“We have built more than enough. We are building more roads, bridges hospitals and schools. Our social protection is second to none. Look at how many people are on social cash transfer; so many. We are the first Government to award civil servants good salaries. Before we came civil servants were lowly paid,” He said.
Mr Chilangwa warned the people of Zambia never to be used by selfish people who wanted to gain political mileage.