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President Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 2,045 inmates as part of the African Freedom Day commemoration which falls tomorrow, Wednesday.

Acting Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Ambrose Lufuma announced this at a media briefing in Lusaka today.

Mr Lufuma who is also Defense Minister said the inmates include one thousand nine hundred and 69 ordinary inmates and 33 old aged.

Mr. Lufuma said the President has also commuted sentences for 607 inmates.

He said the current inmate population stands at 25,242.