• 31 Dec 2017
• Mukosha Funga

KBF says PF members are angry, calls for urgent indaba

Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Fube Bwalya has called for a national PF indaba to resolve divisions in the ruling party. In a message sent to PF WhatsApp groups yesterday, KBF observed that a lot of members were angry and frustrated. “To My Dear PF Family, Season's Greetings. Allow me to outrightly apologise to those who shall...

• 31 Dec 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Former MMD, PF senior officials join NDC

Former health minister in the MMD government Levison Mumba has joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Others who have joined the NDC include former energy deputy minister Angela Chifire and former justice permanent secretary Joseph Akafumba. Former PF deputy secretary general Bridget Attanga and former Zambia Railways managing director Professor Muyenga Attanga have also joined...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Intercepted Mukula logs were being legally exported to China by ZAFFICO - Defense PS

Ministry of Defence permanent secretary Sturdy Mwale says the Mukula logs which were intercepted by PF youths last night were being legally being exported to China by ZAFFICO. At a media briefing today, Mwale also accused cadres of stealing over K30,000 from ZAFFICO officials. He said ZAFFICO was mandated by government to export the illegally...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Mukosha Funga

Kampyongo warns PF youths who seized Mukula logs: We shall deal with you, it won't be child's play

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo says the PF youths who took the law into their own hands by intercepting nine truckloads of Mukula will be dealt with both by law enforcement agencies and the party structures. Meanwhile, Kampyongo says there is nothing sinister about the conversation he had with Mazabuka UPND member of parliament...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

Justice minister, DPP's silence on FIC attacks shocks Chipimo

Renowned Lusaka lawyer and politician Elias Chipimo says the silence from government and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over the harassment of the Financial Intelligence Centre Director General, Mary Tshuma, is deeply troubling. Earlier this month, Lusaka lawyer Lewis Mosho, through his law firm, wrote to Tshuma, informing her that he was...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Mukosha Funga

PF cadres intercept illegal Mukula allegedly linked to State House

Patriotic Front youths yesterday impounded nine trucks loaded with Mukula logs which they say were being illegally exported. The PF youths also alleged that a named State House official, who was driving a Land Cruiser Reg No ALG 3464, was escorting the trucks to ensure smooth passage at check points. The cadres, who filmed themselves...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

2017 records 6.6 inflation rate

Central Statistical Office (CSO) director of Census and Statistics John Kalumbi says the annual inflation rate for December 2017 has reduced from 6.3 per cent recorded in November to 6.1 per cent, while the year average rate stands at 6.6 per cent. And Kalumbi says the country’s economy has grown by 3.3 per cent in...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Mirriam Chabala

HH reflects: There're things UPND could have done better in 2017

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says among the things that his party regrets in 2017 is its failure to protect citizens from police brutality. And Hichilema says he has given marching orders to his party officials to embark on a vigorous mobilisation exercise in order to save the country from destruction at the hands of the...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mabumba disagrees with Mulusa, insists climate change caused power deficit

Energy Minister David Mabumba says Zesco and the Zambezi River Authority are not to blame for the 2015 power deficit. A day before he was fired as Minister of National Planning and Development, Lucky Mulusa blamed government technocrats for the power deficit that hit the country in 2015 saying had they made better decisions, the...

• 30 Dec 2017
• Felix Kashweka

Aki and Popo fail to tickle Lusaka fans

Nigerian comic stars Aki and Popo last weekend failed to crack ribs at their highly anticipated comedy show held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka. Looking at an autopsy of last weeks’ shows both in Lusaka and Kitwe, the duo's performance proved they are certainly better at acting, as their stand-up comedy lacked humorous...