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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Chief Government Spokesperson who is also Information and Media Minister, Cornelius Mweetwa, has caused public outrage over his unscripted remarks yesterday during a Press Conference where he disclosed that the UPND worked well with embattled Chishimba Kambwili in issuing tribal remarks targeted at hurting the popularity of the former Head of State, Edgar Lungu.<\/p>\n

Sensing the backlash, Mweetwa last night called a KBN TV staffer, Innocent Phiri, soliciting for help with damage control in exchange for a payment inducement.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. Chief Government Spokesperson who is also Information and Media Minister, Cornelius Mweetwa, has caused public outrage over his unscripted remarks yesterday during a Press Conference where he disclosed that the UPND worked well with embattled Chishimba Kambwili in issuing tribal remarks targeted at hurting the popularity of the former Head of State, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":57929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-57930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nUnder Pressure Cornelius Mweetwa Offers To Pay KBN TV Journalist For Damage Control Over His Kambwili Revelations - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chief Government Spokesperson 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