Lusaka - Zambia's cabinet is split over whether to introduce a draft bill which will force presidential candidates to have AIDS tests ahead of general elections this year, government and diplomatic sources said yesterday.
They said the bill, which calls for a 20-year jail term for anyone who deliberately spreads the virus, was due to have been debated at an emergency session of parliament closing on Friday.
"It does appear that the cabinet, which discussed the bill extensively, was deeply divided over whether it should be introduced."