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Phiri, UDC Face-Off

Simbi Phiri PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Simbi Phiri PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

It is official. Entrepreneur Simbi Phiri of Khato Civils is taking the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) to court to force the opposition bloc to withdraw malicious statements it issued against him.

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.

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