HE WRITES:
Fellow citizens
We have left for the Kingdom of Lesotho to attend the Inauguration Ceremony of The Right Honourable Mr. Ntsokoane Samuel Matekane, Prime Minister-elect of that country scheduled for today.
As Incoming Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, we will join other regional Heads of State in showing solidarity and collective commitment to the consolidation of democracy through the holding of peaceful elections.
Hakainde Hichilema
President of the Republic of Zambia