By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE –
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has appointed former Munali Member of Parliament (MP), Mumbi Phiri as deputy secretary general of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF).

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Ms Phiri has also been appointed as Member of the Central Committee (MCC).
Mr Lungu has since directed Ms Phiri to immediately take steps to mobilise the party by enhancing the ongoing membership recruitment to grow the party.
“The democratic credentials of this great party are premised on our collective fundamental belief that we are a united family but one that is open to new ideas and new members,” he said.
President Lungu announced the appointment in a statement released by his Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations, Amos Chanda yesterday.
He said memberships should be drawn from all citizens that were willing to join the party.
Mr Lungu said that the PF was a social-democratic movement founded on the principle of inclusiveness where any willing Zambian was welcome.
Mr Lungu further said that a free and open society was only possible when it was built on a broad-based agenda that spoke to diverse interests of all sections of society.
He said that the PF must always remain a party of those willing to freely associate with one another and prepared to accept the dictates of the moral majority.
Ms Phiri has since assured the President that her first task would be to undertake a countrywide membership recruitment drive to attract all Zambians eligible for membership under the PF Constitution.
Meanwhile, the President has appointed all the 16 District Commissioners (DCs) for Western Province.
Those appointed are Siyamana Mubita (Luampa), Captain Nyambe Sampaya (Shangombo), Mubiana Mutomena (Sioma) and Albertina Mwanamwalye (Mwandi).
Vivien Mubukwanu has been appointed as DC for Mulobezi, Captain Limwanya (Sesheke), Alfred Miyato (Kalabo), Kufuka Kufuka (Sikongo) while Teddy Chimbinde has been appointed as DC for Nalolo.
Others are Morris Litula (Lukulu), Joster Manjolo ( Lukulu west), Robert Chiseke, (Kaoma), Precious Muyenga Ndui (Senanga) and Freda Luhila (Nkeyema).
The rest are Ndombo Litambo (Limulunga) and Simasiku Kamona (Mongu).