Home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says Chishimba Kambwili is trying to cleanse himself by throwing mud at other people. Last week, Kambwili, who is a former information minister, charged that Kampyongo got three vehicles as a reward for signing the $42 million fire truck deal when he was Minister of Local Government. “Kampyongo was the...

Agriculture minister Dora Siliya says government has developed an integrated system for accurate famer registration, capturing of farmer deposits and activation of farmer cards for quick transaction. In a speech read on her behalf by acting permanent secretary Peter Lungu in Lusaka during an agro dealers meeting yesterday, Siliya said the new system would allow...

The Attorney General says Livingstone magistrate Benjamin Mwelwa’s petition against his suspension is wrongly before the Constitutional Court. Last week, magistrate Mwelwa petitioned the Constitutional Court to declare his suspension illegal and unconstitutional, citing the Attorney General as the Respondent. He also asked the ConCourt to allow him to leave the country and attend seminars,...

Kantanshi Independent member of parliament Anthony Mumba says Chishimba Kambwili should watch what he says about institutions of government which he is relying on for his politically survival. And Mumba, the former trade secretary at the Zambian High Commission in the United Kingdom, says Kambwili's mouth is not coordinating properly with his actions. Mumba told...

President Edgar Lungu says his Minister of Local government Vincent Mwale already cleared the air on fire tenders in Parliament. And President Lungu says he will be guided by Parliament and other governance institutions on whether or not to extend the Threatened State of Emergency. Speaking to journalists when he arrived from Angola on Tuesday,...

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Agriculture Minister of Swaziland Moses Vilakati says a deadly foot and mouth disease has broken out in that country after King Mswati accepted a gift of buffaloes from President Edgar Lungu earlier this month. But State House press aide Amos Chanda says it is not possible that the buffaloes could have carried the disease because...

Minister of General Education Dennis Wanchinga says government will only recruit 2000 teachers this year because that is all the budget could allow. And Wanchinga says government will introduce a new recruitment policy of deploying teachers to their home towns in order to reduce challenges of resignations and unnecessary transfers that the ministry has been...