• 29 Apr 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

If removing Kasonde fails, things will get personal, warns KBF

PF Lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube says if the motion to impeach LAZ President Linda Kasonde fails today, lawyers should expect fireworks from Parliament, as things will get personal. Speaking when he featured on Pan African Radio yesterday afternoon, KBF said he would have nothing to lose if lawyers decide to vote against the impeachment motion....

• 29 Apr 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Foreign media is poisoning political space - Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says foreign media and other factions are trying to poison the business and political space in Zambia. President Lungu said this when he officiated at the AGRITECH Expo in Chisamba yesterday. “As government, we will continue providing an enabling environment with stable and predictable policies to spur the growth of the sector....

• 29 Apr 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

No one takes KBF seriously - Kabimba

Rainbow Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba says PF lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube should be ignored because he is just looking for recognition. And Kabimba says KBF can never be Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president even if Linda Kasonde resigned because no one can vote for him. In an interview yesterday, Kabimba said KBF was...

• 29 Apr 2017
• Diggers Reporter

Ngwenya gets CHAN invite

Power Dynamos midfielder Godfrey Ngwenya has received a Zambia recall. Ngwenya is one of 28 players who will go into camp this Sunday for a three-day training camp in Lusaka to prepare for Zambia's 2018 CHAN first round qualifiers coming up in July against Swaziland. The ex-Kabwe Warriors and Airtel Rising Stars prodigy returns to...

• 28 Apr 2017
• Joseph Mwenda

Court dismisses KBF’s application against LAZ

The Lusaka High Court has today dismissed an application by PF lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube who was seeking to set the impeachment procedure for the current LAZ executive. KBF moved a motion for the impeachment of the Linda Kasonde-led LAZ executive on grounds that the association was relentlessly issuing attacking statements against the PF government,...

• 28 Apr 2017
• Mukosha Funga

We won’t entertain complaint from HH’s wife – Police

Esther Mwaata Katongo says the police will not entertain a complaint from Hakainde Hichilema’s wife Mutinta alleging that police officers broke in and stole various items in the opposition leader’s house while attempting to arrest him. In a statement today, Katongo described Mutinta’s complaint as an “afterthought” because she had decided to report it 18...

• 28 Apr 2017
• Diggers Reporter

Namibia opposition seeks Magufuli's intervention in HH arrest

DTA leader McHenry Venaani has written to the chairperson of the SADC Troika, John Magufuli, demanding that he intervene in the recent arrest of Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema on treason charges. Hichilema was charged with treason for allegedly obstructing President Edgar Lungu's motorcade on a road about two weeks ago. It was reported that...

• 28 Apr 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Syngenta to set up seedling production centres in 20 districts

Syngenta Zambia has partnered with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to set up 20 seedling production centres in Zambia. In a statement released by Cutting Edge PR today, Syngenta said this would benefit 12,000 smallholder farmers. “In 20 districts across Zambia, Syngenta will establish 20 seedling production sites, each owned and operated by...

• 28 Apr 2017
• Diggers Reporter

IMF to return to Zambia in May to continue loan talks

The International Monetary Fund will send a mission to Zambia in May to continue talks over as much as $1.6 billion in aid the government is seeking after they failed to reach a deal in Washington this month. “Progress was made but program discussions have not yet been concluded,” Alfredo Baldini, the fund’s representative in...

• 28 Apr 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

Criminal-minded lawyers are after LAZ - Saviour

In this five-minute audio, United Progressive People president Saviour Chishimba says the impeachment ploy against LAZ is aimed at allowing criminal-minded politicians masquerading as lawyers to be in charge of the legal profession. He advises lawyers to treat the motion with disdain. Saviour notes that the motion to impeach LAZ president Linda Kasonde is misguided...