Last week, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development Ronald Kaoma Chitotela on suspicion of corruption. Chitotela, 46, was subsequently charged with two counts of concealing property suspected of being proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 71 (1) of the Forfeiture of Proceeds of Crime Act Number 19 of 2010. The...

The Pensions and Insurance Authority (PIA) has cautioned members of the public to only deal with licensed insurance players to safeguard and protect their interests. In a statement, communications manager Doreen Silungwe stated that the Authority renews licenses of all insurance players annually as a way of scrutinising their suitability and, therefore, protect the interests...

The Chongwe District Council has warned individuals and groups of people who are intending to take over the running of the newly-constructed Chongwe bus station. In a statement, Chongwe District Council assistant public relations manager Mino Musonda warned some unscrupulous individuals who are reportedly planned to take over the local bus station once it was...

Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has accused Pick n Pay franchise chain store at Lusaka's Kabulonga Central Mall of stocking rotten food, adding that he will not hesitate to name and shame them. And Sampa says he will name and shame anyone else who doesn’t keep Lusaka City clean, unless the culprit is President Edgar Lungu...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has no right to order police to arrest their leader, Hakainde Hichilema for simply campaigning. In a statement, Sunday, Katuka reminded Kampyongo that during election campaigns, President Lungu was just as important as other political players. "We wish to take great exception at Home...

Chiengi FDD member of parliament Given Katuta says government should not blame opposition members of parliament for slow delivery of projects in various constituencies because it points down to technocrats that are charged with the responsibility to deliver development objectives. Reacting to repeated assertions by government officials that opposition MPs were deliberately denying their constituents...

A Kabangwe resident, who petitioned the Constitutional Court to declare the seats of 53 UPND members of parliament vacant for shunning President Edgar Lungu's address to Parliament two years ago, has withdrawn his suit against 10 lawmakers. Richard Mumba, a private citizen, filed an amended petition in the Constitutional Court, Wednesday, leaving the number of...

Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) Chairperson Bishop John Mambo has called for the instant dismissal of Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela. And Bishop Mambo has observed the corruption scandal in which Chitotela is a embroiled in is consequence of appointing questionable characters to government positions. Bishop Mambo has further called for the investigation...

Sinda Independent member of parliament Masauso Tembo says hunger among his constituents is alarming as people spend several nights without eating anything. In an interview after distributing mealie meal to some wards in his constituency, Tembo, commonly referred to as ‘Kazungula’, said he had no option other than buying mealie meal to distribute in some...

Action Aide Zambia Country Director Nalucha Ziba says Higher Education Minister Nkandu Luo has got no powers to abolish meal allowances for university students because the allowance is a legal entitlement. In a statement, Ziba said Luo cannot, by virtue of the powers conferred in Section 37 of the higher education loans and a scholarship,...

Kalindula maestro Brian Chilala has died in a road traffic accident. Police spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo confirmed this in a statement, saying the accident occurred at 23:40, Sunday. "There was a fatal road traffic accident which occurred on 10th February, 2019 at 23:40 hours along Lumumba road opposite Auto World. Involved was a Motor Vehicle...

Standard Chartered Bank earned a net profit after tax of over K267 million, beating the competition for the highly-vetted number one position in the market in terms of profitability, the bank’s results show. In a statement availed by StanChart head of corporate affairs Christine Matambo, Wednesday, StanChart posted huge profits after tax of K267.4 million...

Last Sunday, a parallel clique of opposition leaders called for a press conference to condemn the rival group of opposition leaders that has been working with the church mother bodies to push for the now all-tired dialogue agenda. This parallel clique is composed of the FDD leader Edith Nawakwi, Wynter Kabimba of the Rainbow Party,...