President Edgar Lungu’s reaction to the latest Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Report has undermined the fight against corruption because institutions of governance tasked to fight the vice have been damaged, says UNZA political science lecturer Lee Habasonda. Habasonda said while the President may have been right to observe that none of his ministers were mentioned...

Rainbow Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says the Drug Enforcement Commission should stop attacking the Financial Intelligence Centre and instead name the people who are being investigated for financial crimes. On Friday, DEC commissioner Alita Mbahwe threw shade at the FIC reports, saying they were not supposed to be disseminated to the public because that...

A Forensic investigations consultant Professor Gibson Mwewa says Zambia is now seen as a haven of fraudsters, money launderers, corruption-masters and plunders. In a statement, Prof Mwewa said the state of financial and economic crime had reached a pandemic level in Zambia. "My heart bleeds to see such a blessed country, rich in every aspect...

Lundazi Central Independent member of parliament Lawrence Nyirenda who has been dragged to the Constitutional Court for allegedly not having a full a Grade 12 certificate, has insisted that the matter should be dismissed because ECZ wouldn't have allowed him to contest the general elections without necessary qualifications. And Nyirenda has asked the ConCourt to...

People’s Alliance for Change (PAC) president Andyford Banda has charged that government has allowed corruption to be an art whereby the dirtiest public officials are most appealing to the appointing authority. In PAC’s weekly news letter to News Diggers, Banda wondered why any President would want to keep a corrupt minister in Cabinet. “Corruption is...

Governance activist Brebner Changala says the manner in which former State House Press Aide Amos Chanda resigned has shown how State House is captured. On Thursday, June 6, 2019, Chanda announced his resignation at a press briefing held at State House and explained that the decision was taken to ensure that President Lungu maintained his...

Renowned PF cadre Max Chongu has welcomed PF Secretary General Davies Mwila's decision to introduce a social media monitoring team to prevent abuse. But Munir Zulu says it is dangerous that some people don't want to hear the truth. Recently, Mwila announced that the ruling party was in the process of constituting a social media...