• 19 Jun 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

We feel betrayed - Bar owners

BARS and Nightclub Owners’ Association secretary general Edmond Lifwekelo says President Edgar Lungu's statement calling on them to be patient was a betrayal as Local Government Minister Dr Charles Banda assured the Association that they would be allowed to start operating this week. In an interview, Lifwekelo said the association also felt betrayed by government’s...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Julia Malunga

PF MPs' attack on Catholic bishops a taboo - Kambwili

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on Livestock Minister Professor Nkandu Luo and her colleagues to apologize for castigating the pastoral letter issued by the Catholic Bishops. And Kambwili says leader has accused the Electoral Commission of Zambia of protecting the interests of the ruling Patriotic Front and President Edgar Lungu by suggesting a hike...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Ulande Nkomesha

Conflicting statements on police bicycles has reduced int’l confidence on govt – Mbula

FORMER Secretary to the Cabinet in Levy Mwanawasa’s government Leslie Mbula says misinformation and untruthfulness on the donation of bicycles to the Ministry of Home Affairs has reduced international confidence on the operations of government. And MMD president Nevers Mumba says the misinformation is an embarrassment and setback for Zambia. In an interview, Mbula said...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Julia Malunga

Huge debt forces local pharmaceutical companies to stop supplying drugs to MoH

SOME local Ministry of Health suppliers are hesitant to supply medical and pharmaceutical items to the ministry because of the outstanding debt owed to them amounting to K900 million. The suppliers, who sought anonymity in separate interviews, said they have had meetings with the Ministries of Health and Finance, which failed to yield anything. The...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Be accountable for all donations, Chilufya tells health officials

HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has asked all provincial health officers and their departments to be accountable and to prudently use donated equipment only on defined activities. Speaking when he received a donation of vehicles, motor cycles, reagents, and supplies worth £2.2 million donated by the British government to the National Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Committee...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

We won't respond to people with clear motives, but insist Bill 10 is bad - Catholic Bishops

ZAMBIA Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) secretary general Fr Cleophas Lungu says the church will not respond to groupings of people with clear motives on why they insist that Bill 10 should go through. In an interview, Fr Lungu maintained that Bill 10 is bad and further appealed to parliamentarians across the political divide to...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Mirriam Chabala

We no longer fund Social Cash Transfer due to accountability issues in Zambia - DFID

The UK Department of International Development (DFID Zambia) Head, Steven Beel says Zambia should not be heavily reliant on cooperating partners but begin to look out for it’s own interests by prioritising talks with the IMF and World Bank in order to secure financial support. And Beel has revealed that the British government no longer...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Julia Malunga

$17m MoH contract was awarded to Imran Lunat, not Honey Bee Pharmacy Ltd - Attorney General

ATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka SC says he has advised the Ministry of Health to change the name of the company that was awarded the US$17 million medical supply contract from Honeybee pharmacy Limited to Imran Lunat, the individual who was trading as Honeybee Pharmacy. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health issued a statement saying it...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Nkhuwa hopes load shedding will end by December

ENERGY Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says he hopes that Zambia’s load shedding will be mitigated by end of December, 2020, mainly as a result of increased water levels at the Kariba Dam. And Nkhuwa has dismissed claims suggesting that government has taken over the operations of Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC). Speaking at a joint-press briefing in...

• 19 Jun 2020
• Diggers Editor

News Diggers! ePaper Edition 712 Friday June 19, 2020