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Zambia's president, Hakainde Hichilema inaugurated


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Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has promised to do away with cadre-deployment during his term in office. Delivering his inaugural speech in Lusaka as the republic's seventh President - he promised an effective executive and a service-driven government. Zambia is a highly indebted country, with high unemployment and high inflation rates. Hichilema's campaign was centered around running an administration on meritocracy and rescuing the fledgling economy. Thousands filled the Heroes Stadium for the inauguration ceremony including heads of states and opposition leaders from Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. Noma Bolani compiled a report and we spoke to a founding member of the African Diaspora Forum and Zambian activist, Rhoda Msama.....

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