RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says there is no dictatorship in Zambia and that those preaching about it should read researched works about how dictatorial regimes treat their people. And Kabimba says he has no emotions regarding NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili's imprisonment because the former is neither his friend nor his relative. Speaking on...

HOUSE of chiefs spokesperson Senior Chief Kaputa says traditional leaders cannot be politicians' vuvuzelas. And Senior Chief Kaputa says the House of Chiefs will soon issue some guidelines which will prevent traditional leaders from being pressured into making political statements. In Parliament while debating on the 2021 budget allocation for the Ministry of Chiefs and...

LUSAKA Province PF executive secretary Kennedy Kamba says it is saddening to hear people calling the police with all sorts of names for manhandling Chishimba Kambwili’s wife, Carol, when she was on the wrong side of the law. And Kamba says political commentators should not link President Edgar Lungu or the PF to Kambwili’s conviction...

INFORMATION Minister Dora Siliya says citizens have a right to choose leaders of their choice in a peaceful environment. And Siliya says government will ensure that the media operates in a violence free environment during the upcoming general elections. According to a statement issued by the Ministry’s press and public relations unit, Siliya was speaking...

THE PF is setting a bad precedent by refusing political leaders to visit Chishimba Kambwili in prison because they may one day face the same situation, says NDC deputy national chairperson for mobilisation Fabian Mutale. Meanwhile, Prison Service Commissioner General Chisela Chileshe says the Commission will issue a comprehensive statement on the State’s continued refusal...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has presented the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) amendment Bill No.11 of 2020 for first reading to National Assembly. And Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has referred the bill to the parliamentary committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. Meanwhile, two other bills namely; the Non-Governmental organization amendment...

MAZABUKA Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says the PF has reduced chiefs to vuvuzelas because the ruling party is good at patronising citizens of which traditional leaders have not been spared. But Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says it is scary to imagine what the UPND will do to those who have opposing...

MMD president Nevers Mumba says the sentencing of NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili to two years imprisonment by Magistrate David Simusamba is a miscarriage of justice because the judgment was delivered by somebody who should have not presided over that case. In an interview, Mumba said based on his complaints against Simusamba to the Judicial Complaints...

NATIONAL Development Planning Permanent Secretary Chola Chabala says preparations for the 2020 national census amid the COVID-19 pandemic are almost complete. In an interview, Chabala explained that the 2020 census had been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but stressed that that government was strategising on an appropriate mechanism to conduct the exercise before exposing the...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says it is foolish for the police to deny that they summoned party leader Hakainde Hichilema when a call-out was delivered at the secretariat, Friday. And Katuka says it does not make sense that trained police officers can be abducted by common citizens. In an interview, Katuka rebuked the Police...