I didn’t force NAPSA to buy Chismar, Diggers likes provoking me – Findlay
LUSAKA Businessman Valden Findlay says he has not forced the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) to buy Chrismar Hotel and he has not sold it. And NAPSA says the Authority has informed the hotel that the purchase will not take place. Recently, News Diggers reported that NAPSA was winding up a purchase transaction of Chrismar Hotel, a Lusaka based business that is owned by President Edgar Lungu’s close friend Findlay. In August this year, News Diggers published a story revealing that NAPSA was facing political pressure to buy the Hotel, but the Pension Authority vehemently denied having made a decision....
Every donation must have a declared source of income
VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says people should not be shocked when some members of parliament donate huge sums of money to their constituents because they had been running businesses way before joining politics. Speaking in Parliament last Friday during the Vice-President’s Question Time, Madam Wina said: “This Parliament is composed of many members who come from varied backgrounds. Some of them come from the business sector, some NGOs, some come from traditional systems. So, those members of parliament you see donating sums of money or other resources to their constituencies, it means they are in business. They are running businesses, they.......
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ECZ registers 4.3m voters
THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it has so far registered about 4.3 million eligible voters. And the Commission says it will commence registration of voters in correctional facilities from next Wednesday. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Friday morning, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano said that the Commission had made progress in the ongoing registration exercise, with a total of 4.3 million registered voters so far. “Let me take this opportunity to mention that the Commission…….
Why Lungu is NOT eligible to contest for re-election in 2021
There are many reasons why the concept of ‘term limit’ is characterized as a feature of democracy and an institutional barrier to personal rule and dictatorship. According to Linz, presidents exercise what he terms ―uni-personal‖ power, which can very easily be abused and potentially contribute to the demise of democracy. This view is also echoed by Maltz, when he contends that term limits are an important feature of presidential government, as they help to break an electoral authoritarian regime‘s descent....
