FORMER Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says President Edgar Lungu should consider reconstituting new management at the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) because of the manner it is currently being managed. In an interview, Dr Sacika noted that reconstituting new management at the electoral body would help in preserving its integrity. “President Lungu...

DEPUTY Secretary to the Cabinet for E-Government Dr Martin Mtonga has revealed that a Ministry of Health employee in Luanshya was drawing 10 salaries from the government payroll system using 10 different bank accounts. And Dr Mtonga says another medical doctor from Mpongwe who had been on an unpaid study leave has been drawing salaries...

UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango has demanded that President Edgar Lungu released the opposition party's deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka and others from prison before talking about prayers. Meanwhile, UPND Chairperson for Religious Committee Kelly Mukonka says the party will not allow President Lungu to run for a third term. Speaking during a press briefing...

PRESIDENTIAL Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe says it is unfair to blame the PF government for the bitting economy because there's no country which is thriving at the moment due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And Sikazwe says he is confident that President Edgar Lungu will win by over 60 per cent because citizens are comfortable with...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says the PF should stop being paranoid and provide space for everybody, including those who have dissenting views. Commenting on PF Secretary General Davies Mwila's statement that Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu was a UPND supporter and he would be treated as a political opponent, Fr...

FORMER finance minister Felix Mutati yesterday unveiled his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, with a list of notable politicians like Lucky Mulusa joining him as his secretary general. The following is the rest of the interim executive committee of the newly launched MDC; economist Trevor Simumba is chairperson for economics, chairperson for the youths...

POLICE in Kitwe have withdrawn the summons that were issued against former District Commissioner Binwell Mpundu. Last week, police warned and cautioned Mpundu for unlawful assembly. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Charity Katanga said Mpundu and three others were been warned and cautioned for holding an illegal meeting. "Yes, I can confirm that police in Kitwe summoned...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has expressed anger at the continued provocation from the ruling Patriotic Front, saying the country is being run by a terrorist-like organisation. And Hichilema has called on Zambians to unite again, like they did in 1991 to defeat the one party state and in 2001 to reject the third term bid,...