- HH fires MOF officials, kicks out Justice, Agriculture PSsPRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has with immediate effect fired Accountant General Kennedy Musonda and an Internal Audit Controller in the Ministry of Finance and National Planning. The President has also fired Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Green Mbozi and Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary, Administration Thandiwe Daka Oteng, replacing them with John Mulongoti and Amb Isabel Lemba, respectively. In a press release issued yesterday, State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka revealed that the President had also transferred Chembo Mbula from Cabinet Office as Permanent Secretary to the Emoluments Commission in the same capacity. Further, the Head of.......
- Sadly, our Zambia Police operates as judge and juryWE agree with Inspector General of Police Graphael Musamba that police are not lawfully obliged to release suspects from custody until they satisfy the conditions of police bond. It is also true that the issuance of police bond is not an automatic entitlement to everyone who is arrested for a bailable offence. Indeed, people should not condemn the police or complain about prolonged detentions without appreciating the circumstances, as IG Musamba puts it. IG Graphael Musamba: “The bond is not automatic. You have to raise sureties. The surety issue must be sorted out, it is not just automatic. What you.......
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- Laziness starts at the top due to bureaucracy, corruption, SAFADA tells HHSMALL Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) Director Boyd Moobwe says President Hakainde Hichilema should not demean citizens who voted for him by saying they are becoming lazy. Moobwe says laziness starts at the top because of bureaucracy, corruption and lack of political will to nurture Zambians into production. During his State of Nation Address on Friday, President Hichilema remarked that it had become abnormal to talk about hard work because the normalcy was laziness. Commenting on the the President’s remarks,…….
- We’ve directed CEEC to facilitate solar loans to salon, barbershop owners – MubangaSMALL and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Elias Mubanga says government has directed CEEC to quickly facilitate a solar loan scheme to SMEs, especially salon and barbershop owners, in view of current power outages. In an interview, Monday, Mubanga acknowledged that load-shedding had negatively impacted small businesses. “The load shedding has actually affected our small businesses, especially the salon owners and the barber shop owners. They have been affected because of this eight hour load-shedding but basically what we are doing…….
- Court dismisses Lusambo’s suit against Lake Oil GroupTHE Lusaka High Court has dismissed a matter in which former Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo sued Lake Oil Group of Companies demanding payment of US$600,000, being facilitation fees for the company’s various investments. In his statement of claim filed on November 17, 2022, Lusambo stated that sometime in 2017, he was approached by the company’s agent to facilitate its investments in various portfolios, to which he agreed. He said the verbal agreement with the company was that he would…….
- I’m coming to buy you, Mugeni tells MwaleKENYAN boxer James Mugeni says he’s going to bury ABU bantamweight champion Davy Mwale when the two boxers clash at the Government Complex next month. And Oriental Quarries Boxing Promotions (OQBP) Director Promotions Christopher Malunga says the stable expects an electrifying showdown between the two formidable boxers. In a video shared yesterday, Mugeni said he was coming to bury Mwale in the ring. “David Mwale, I am coming to bury you inside the ring. I am the lion heart of…….
- Advancing a Vision for Zambia’s Gold: A Roadmap towards a Sustainable Gold Value ChainIn last week’s opinion piece, we explored the role and potential that gold as a mineral has in the transformation of Zambia’s economy. We discussed some of the challenges that the gold sub-sector faces including smuggling and informalization of mining operations—especially small-scale mining. We highlighted some positive steps that the government took such as the setting up of the Zambia Gold Company Limited (ZGCL) to spearhead formalization of gold mining in order to address some of the challenges. Today, we....