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      A JOINT taskforce of state security agents on Wednesday captured fugitive former Petauke Central Member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Banda from Mozambique and managed to bring him into Zambia, impeccable sources have told News Diggers. The sources said Banda was captured in a small border town of Mozambique where he had set up a studio and conducting his business from....
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      SINCE the August elections, President Hakainde Hichilema has not constituted a full Cabinet. As at today, he has only appointed four Cabinet ministers: Situmbeko Musokotwane at Finance, Mulambo Haimbe at Foreign Affairs, Roma Chilengi at Health and Gilbert Siame at Green Economy. The President also has constitutional room to nominate up to 11 Members of Parliament, but he also has not exhausted that list yet. The country has moved beyond inauguration, Parliament has opened, government policy has been outlined through his address to the National Assembly, but much of the political executive remains incomplete. We...
    • Joint taskforce captures Jay Jay Banda
      A JOINT taskforce of state security agents on Wednesday captured fugitive former Petauke Central Member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Banda from Mozambique and managed to bring him into Zambia, impeccable sources have told News Diggers. The sources said Banda was captured in a small border town of Mozambique where he had set up a studio and conducting his business from. “He was captured somewhere around 19:00 hours yesterday [Wednesday]. He had been hiding in Zimbabwe, but later crossed into Mozambique. When the officers pounced on him, he tried to run, but it was too late...
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