I’ll reveal more, Kalimanshi is not the only wrong thing Lungu is funding – Tayali
INCARCERATED Economic and Equity Party (EPP) leader Chilufya Tayali says he has more information to reveal on some of the wrong things that are being funded by State House. In an interview, Tayali said he was ready to meet President Edgar Lungu in court. Tayali who has been in police custody since Thursday last week has been officially charged with defamation of the President, in relation to a live video he posted on Facebook in which he charged that PF cadre Innocent Kalimanshi was being funded by the Head of State to conduct illegal activities. “Basically on the charge, just.......
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When journalists discuss their plight, President Lungu should just shut up
IF there is a President who must keep quiet when journalists are talking about their plight, it is Mr Edgar Lungu. We feel it is a mockery for President Lungu to join journalists in ‘celebrating’ their freedom when the media has been bleeding since he assumed the presidency. President Lungu has murdered media freedom in Zambia and he has single handedly brought down the Fought Estate. What counsel can an oppressor give to the oppressed? How can a captor give hope to his captives? In his May 3 speech, President Lungu said: “Issues of journalists suffering intimidation and violence cannot.......
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Speaker rules in Wina’s favour on point of order over cash distribution
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has ruled that Vice-President Inonge Wina did not mislead the House when she said she only gave out “little change” to some marketeers who were demanding that she buys things from them in Kasempa. The Speaker was rendering a ruling on a point of order raised by Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo on April 30, this year, on whether the Vice-President was in order to mislead the House when…….
Demystifying Interest Rates and their Dynamics in Zambia
This edition attempts to clarify what interest rates are, their types and essence to the broader economy. Interest rates are a very imperative measure of the healthiness of the economy and a key macroeconomic variable that links well with other economic indicators such as exchange rate, inflation, money supply, asset prices, gross domestic product etc. Interest rate is the amount charged asutilization of money and is stated as a percentage of the principal on a loan or debt. If you’re....
