A mayor in a Zambia, Christopher Kang’omb, has been removed from a powerful post in the governing party, the Patriotic Front (PF), after he refused t
A mayor in a Zambia, Christopher Kang’omb, has been removed from a powerful post in the governing party, the Patriotic Front (PF), after he refused to greet the wife of President Edgar Lungu and stripped of his position as the PF’s vice-chairman in the Copperbelt Province, the state-owned Daily Mail newspaper is reporting.
The Kitwe mayor who still retains his mayoral post, was accused of gross indiscipline after failing to line up to greet Esther Lungu when she recently visited the area. He was also accused of refusing to be introduced at a public event attended by Mrs Lungu, and of rejecting a seat.
“During the visit of the First Lady, Kang’ombe was offered a back seat which he refused…After the church service, he refused to line up and greet the First Lady,” reads part of his suspension letter. When the First Lady’s official envoy started off, he pulled away from the convoy and instead drove away,” the paper said.
According to the newspaper, the letter says he had shown disrespect for Mrs Lungu, and his actions were tantamount to “gross misconduct.”
