The National Assembly of Zambia has summoned FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza for allegedly giving misleading information to the public concerning parliamentarians’ emoluments. This follows a point of order raised by Serenje MMD member of parliament Maxwell Kabanda on Thursday last week challenging the accuracy of Mwanza’s claims in an article carried by the Daily Nation...

Charles Milupi says he agrees with Finance Minister Felix Mutati that the country may not be able to repay the Eurobonds, saying the ruling party wasted the loans in corruption. Addressing the media in Lusaka yesterday, Mutati said Zambia is currently facing major challenges among them; debt sustainability, domestic resource mobilization, and fiscal consolidation, adding...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has opposed an application by the Zambia Correctional Service to return him to Mukobeko Maximum Prison. On Friday, Lusaka Central Prison officer in charge Patrick Ngonga asked the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court to transfer HH to citing security reasons. In an affidavit filed before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court with a certificate of...

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Copperbelt PF provincial Chairman Stephen Kainga has observed that the continued infighting among senior party members is embarrassing the ruling party and President Edgar Lungu. In a statement, Kainga hailed President Edgar Lungu for intervening in the bickering that has rocked the province for months. “On behalf of the Patriotic Front leadership on the Copperbelt,...

Vice-President Inonge Wina says government is ready to listen to the church in order to promote unity and peace in the country. Speaking after a closed door meeting with some leaders of the church mother bodies among them, the president for the Zambia Conference for Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu, and Evangelical Fellowship of...

Four people accused of murdering Flight Sergeant Mark Choongwa, a Zambia Air Force officer, have been granted K3,000 cash bail. When the matter came up for mention today, Magistrate Nthandose Chabala granted the manslaughter-accused quarterent bail after their lawyer made an application arguing that they were of fixed aboard. "Manslaughter is not among the non...

Hakainde Hichilema's lawyers have insisted that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should not take over his contempt case against Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili. HH wants the court to cite Rev Sumaili for contempt because of her remarks that “Hichilema pushed [President Edgar] Lungu to the wall by not accepting his presidency”. When...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says the PF government does not have the capacity to achieve the proposed 7th National Development Plan (7NDP). Mwanza was speaking on Radio Pheonix’s Let the People Talk programme where he featured to discuss the newly launched 7NDP yesterday. “If you look at the implementation challenges,...