Archive: 30 December 2017

30 Dec 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Intercepted Mukula logs were being legally exported to China by ZAFFICO – Defense PS

Ministry of Defence permanent secretary Sturdy Mwale says the Mukula logs which were intercepted by PF youths last night were being legally being exported to China by ZAFFICO. At a media briefing today, Mwale also […]

30 Dec 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Kampyongo warns PF youths who seized Mukula logs: We shall deal with you, it won’t be child’s play

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo says the PF youths who took the law into their own hands by intercepting nine truckloads of Mukula will be dealt with both by law enforcement agencies and the […]

30 Dec 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

Justice minister, DPP’s silence on FIC attacks shocks Chipimo

Renowned Lusaka lawyer and politician Elias Chipimo says the silence from government and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions over the harassment of the Financial Intelligence Centre Director General, Mary Tshuma, is deeply […]

30 Dec 2017 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

PF cadres intercept illegal Mukula allegedly linked to State House

Patriotic Front youths yesterday impounded nine trucks loaded with Mukula logs which they say were being illegally exported. The PF youths also alleged that a named State House official, who was driving a Land Cruiser […]

30 Dec 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

2017 records 6.6 inflation rate

Central Statistical Office (CSO) director of Census and Statistics John Kalumbi says the annual inflation rate for December 2017 has reduced from 6.3 per cent recorded in November to 6.1 per cent, while the year […]

30 Dec 2017 | Mirriam Chabala

HH reflects: There’re things UPND could have done better in 2017

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says among the things that his party regrets in 2017 is its failure to protect citizens from police brutality. And Hichilema says he has given marching orders to his party officials […]

30 Dec 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mabumba disagrees with Mulusa, insists climate change caused power deficit

Energy Minister David Mabumba says Zesco and the Zambezi River Authority are not to blame for the 2015 power deficit. A day before he was fired as Minister of National Planning and Development, Lucky Mulusa […]

30 Dec 2017 | Felix Kashweka

Aki and Popo fail to tickle Lusaka fans

Nigerian comic stars Aki and Popo last weekend failed to crack ribs at their highly anticipated comedy show held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka. Looking at an autopsy of last weeks’ shows both […]

30 Dec 2017 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

MPs shouldn’t be lobbying for CDF, it’s budgeted for – Mbangweta

Nkeyema UPND member of parliament Kapelwa Mbangweta says Constituency Development Funds (CDF) should be given in full at the beginning of every year without members of parliament lobbying for it. Speaking when he featured on […]

30 Dec 2017 | Zondiwe Mbewe

VJ rates PF 4 out of 10: They made pronouncements but failed to act

Veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga says 2017 has been a year of mixed blessings filled with hope for a few and disappointment for the majority citizens who continue to wallow in abject poverty. VJ said in […]