Zambia gets $500 million a year in aid from Washington.

When US Ambassador Daniel Foote said he was personally horrified last month at the 15 year jail sentence slapped on a Zambian couple in a consensual homosexual relationship, President Edgar Lungu accused him of criticizing his host country’s constitution.

And by adding that Zambian officials could steal millions of dollar in public funds  without prosecution, the US envoy further infuriated Zambian authorities.

Lungu says he’s waiting for Washington’s response to his request.

It remains to be seen how this will impact on the half a billion dollars in aid the US gives Zambia annually.

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