Kenya’s Supreme Court judges, who in September invalidated the initial re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta on grounds of unconstitutional irregularities, have attracted deserved applause from across Africa for their refusal to bow before presidential power and their willingness to act independently and in accordance with the law. President Edgar Lungu has not joined in with this...

President Edgar Lungu, with his overwhelming numbers in Parliament will defeat the impeachment motion, says Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda. Speaking to journalists at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport yesterday, Chanda said there was no offense which the Head of State had committed. "If those members of parliament genuinely...

If there is one government institution in Zambia that is performing to the satisfaction of almost every citizen, it is the office of the Auditor General. While the performance of the Anti Corruption Commission is condemned by all, including the President, the office of the Auditor General has been above board. Elsewhere, Zambians have had...

Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska says it is regrettable that many people still consider nuclear science as something dangerous which is associated with atrocities and environmental disasters. In a speech read for him by Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary for administration Owen Mugemezulu at the Rosatom-Zambia public awareness workshop today, Dr Msiska regretted that people...

Monze central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu says the Ministry of Information has been fomenting chaos and tension in the country because it has turned itself into a propaganda wing of the PF. And Mwiimbu said taxpayers' money should not be spent on a ministry that only promotes ruling party agendas. He was speaking...

The latest Auditor General Report has revealed that government through the ministry of Transport and Communication wasted US$6,271,420 (about K62,714,200) on the procurement of engineering equipment that was never delivered. And the Auditor General has further disclosed that government was not using the engineering equipment that was previously procured, as it was lying idle in...

If I had known that the [government] event was going to be a PF gathering, I would have stayed away, says Luampa UPND member of parliament Makozo Chikote who was manhandled by ruling party cadres during the commission of Luampa electricity sub-station in his constituency yesterday. Narrating the ordeal in an interview with News Diggers!...

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