Don’t arrest innocent people, investigate before taking a case to court – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says law enforcement agencies must not arrest anyone if they know a case cannot succeed in court. And Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Board Chairperson Musa Mwenye says the fight against corruption is not about party colours or tribe, adding that the Commission intends to win the war against the vice. Meanwhile, ACC Director General Gilbert Phiri says the Commission will undergo self-introspection, promising that going forward, people will see a rejuvenated institution. Speaking during a swearing-in ceremony, Monday, President Hichilema urged law enforcement agencies to ensure that the cases were investigated professionally in order for them to succeed.......
- TRENDING
This is not harassment, we warned Tasila
ZAMBIANS are very forgiving people, but our politicians take this for granted. Some politicians actually mistake this kindness for foolishness. When they are in government leadership positions and they start to illtreat citizens, they think people are too naïve to see. The funny fact is that it is actually the politicians who are naïve because when they are removed from power, they expect to be treated with such a high level of honour deserving of kings and queens in society. They think people are so dumb to remember how they behaved when in government. This is why sometimes we see complete political failures gathering courage and coming to ask for votes from the people whose lives they made miserable. We are saying this in light of the statement from former Patriotic Front secretary general Davies Mwila who says President Hakainde Hichilema and Mr Edgar Lungu are not in good books because the UPND administration has been ill-treating the former president’s family. Mr Mwila adds that the interaction between the two leaders at the funeral of late freedom fighter Sikota Wina is mere public relations as it did not mean any truce. Davies MWILA: “If you look at the whole circus for all the investigations, they are not trying to harass the children, they are harassing former president Edgar Lungu. It is more painful to harass your children than the parent. So my own conclusion is that all those harassment, interrogations and investigations they are doing on the former president’s children, it’s the parent they are targeting. Do not expect Edgar Lungu to be in good books with Hakainde Hichilema. That is a blue lie. Let us face the fact and.......
- POLL
[poll]
LOCAL NEWS
BUSINESS
COURTS
GOAL DIGGERS
Police shoot at Kalulushi man who forced himself onto Black Mountain
A 30-YEAR-OLD man of Kalulushi has sustained a rubber bullet wound on his left ribs after being shot at by the police as he was trying to force himself onto Kitwe’s Black Mountain. Copperbelt acting commanding officer Sharon Zulu, who confirmed the development in a statement, said the incident occurred when mobile unit police officers were trying to regulate hand pickers who had flooded the Black Mountain, Monday. She said the victim has since been taken to Kitwe Teaching Hospital…….
Leveraging Trade and Investment for Zambia’s Economic Growth
In this week’s Monday opinion, we look at the role that trade and investments play in Zambia’s economy. Government has come under attack from some sectors of society over the trips made by the Head of State in the recent past, where President Hakainde Hichilema has visited a number of countries in and outside Africa, raising the flagas the country’s Chief Marketing Officer. Trading and investing are very different activities, despite the fact that the terms are frequently used interchangeably:....
