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White farmers implicated in political plot in Zambia

Lusaka, Zambia

26 April 2006 01:50

The Zambian government is investigating allegations
that a group of white farmers and safari operators
plotted to undermine President Levy Mwanawasa in
upcoming elections, a presidential spokesperson said
on Wednesday.

The white farmers and safari operators have been
accused by the president's office of working with an
opposition party to cause artificial food shortages
ahead of elections to be held some time later this
year.

"State House has no intentions to play down or
politicise these allegations but will ensure that the
matter is investigated to its logical conclusion,"
said presidential spokesperson David Kombe.

"The government has an obligation to institute
investigations," Kombe said in a statement.

The white farmers and safari operators rejected the
accusations and threatened to take legal action
against Mwanawasa aide Alfred Chipoya, who allegedly
unearthed the plot.

According to a letter, dated April 3 and signed by
Chipoya, four white commercial farmers and safari
operators attended a meeting organised by the
opposition Patriotic Front (PF) in which they resolved
to mobilise the white community against Mwanawasa.

The meeting was allegedly convened by PF secretary
general Guy Scott who is also white and has close
links to several white commercial farmers and safari
operators.

Scott served as agriculture minister under
ex-president Frederick Chiluba before he resigned to
join the opposition.

Mwanawasa is seeking a second term in the elections,
in which voters will also choose members of Parliament
and representatives of local governments.

No date has been announced for the polls in Zambia, a
landlocked Southern African country where some 70% of
its 11-million people live below the poverty line. --
Sapa-AFP

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