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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says he doubts citizens will manage to celebrate this Christmas with the traditional meal of rice and chicken because they can\u2019t even afford kandolo. In an interview, Tuesday, Kampyongo also wondered whether people would afford to go on vacation this festival period with the high cost of fuel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere you are there, today you don\u2019t even know what your Christmas is going to be. You don\u2019t even know if you will be able to move from one point to point B. How much food you will put on the table.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says he doubts citizens will manage to celebrate this Christmas with the traditional meal of rice and chicken because they can\u2019t even afford kandolo. 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