THE police officer who fired live ammunition and killed Nsama Nsama and Joseph Kaunda will never be found, let alone brought to justice. This is because it is not in the best interest of the police command for the trigger happy officer to be identified. If the Inspector General was truly interested in getting the...

OUR President has finally woken up from slumber and he is demanding that the police should investigate the use of live ammunition to disperse a crowd of UPND supporters, which resulted in the death of two people. Interestingly, he also says the killers are unknown assailants – almost as though he has already seen the...

WHAT happened on Wednesday at the Zambia Police headquarters where two people were shot dead, as the opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was taken in for interrogation, is hard to comprehend. The scenes were shocking. It was as if there was war and the police were assigned to shoot and kill on sight. Actually, that...

MANY a time, we have quoted President Edgar Lungu making outrageous statements and we have been accused of taking seriously things that he says when he is merely joking. The question we ask ourselves is; where do we draw the line? How do we know when our President is serious and when he is enjoying...

IN August this year, President Edgar Lungu said Zambia’s economy was almost shutting down in some sectors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and so it was imperative that he took control of the situation, as the man in charge. Reacting to this commitment, former Minister of Finance, Ng’andu Magande advised president Lungu to share his...

JUSTICE Minister, Honourable Given Lubinda says there is no way he can afford to raise K56,000 to pay to the State as a refund for the illegal salaries which he obtained when he illegally stayed in office after the dissolution on Parliament in 2016. According to Mr Lubinda, that is a lot of money which...

The prerequisite for one to take part in the elective process in Zambia is citizenship status. For a person to be considered a citizen of Zambia and eligible to vote, he or she must possess a legally issued green National Registration Card. This is a document that eligible citizens are required to produce before they...

When you talk about a control framework for financial crimes, some measures are preventative and detective, while others are reactive and corrective through the court processes. The current economic challenges that Zambia faces are a result of paying very little attention towards preventive measures of financial crimes. History tells us that once a corruption deal...

NO! We are not talking about Mr Lungu, that kateka is a story for another day. Today, we are talking about this Kateka who has recently launched herself on the political scene. Retiring from corporate governance, the former Absa Bank board chairperson, Chileshe Kateka has taken up the leadership of the “New” Heritage Party at...

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says people should not be shocked when some members of parliament donate huge sums of money to their constituents because they had been running businesses way before joining politics. Speaking in Parliament last Friday during the Vice-President’s Question Time, Madam Wina said: “This Parliament is composed of many members who come from...