Phiri, UDC Face-Off
Monday, October 25, 2021 | 670 Views |
Simbi Phiri PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
A barrage of attacks was unleashed against Phiri, who is Khato Civils chairperson, following exchanges between him and UDC last week.
Hundreds of UDC followers took to social media after a screenshot of a one-line news segment on a popular and politically-charged Facebook private group, ‘All Parties Conference’, resulting in an outpour of vitriolic attacks and hate speech directed at Phiri.
While the minister is of the view that the proposal would have significant positive economic impact, the entertainment industry players believe otherwise. The issue has over the weeks become a hot potato. But what is of essence right now is that the country needs liberal ideas to move in the right direction While opening up the economy may sound quite interesting to the ear, rolling out extended trading hours through pilot programmes without...