• 1 Mar 2018
• Mukosha Funga

Chiefs walkout on Kapata, protest land policy

Angry traditional leaders yesterday walked out on Lands Minister Jean Kapata to express displeasure on the land policy which they feel disregards their role as chiefs. This was during a stakeholders meeting held at Intercontinental Hotel in Lusaka where government was hoping to validate the land policy. But House of Chiefs Chairperson Chief Ngabwe, who...

• 1 Mar 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Dismantling debt owed to health workers will take a while - Minister

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya says government has started dismantling the personal emolument debts owed to health workers at various levels but the process will take long as the amounts involved are colossal. Responding to a question by Kasama Central PF member of parliament Kelvin Sampa who wanted to know when the outstanding allowances owed...

• 1 Mar 2018
• Zondiwe Mbewe

UNZA, CBU should reopen in 10 to 14 days - Luo

Minister of Higher Education Professor Nkandu Luo has announced that universities will open as soon as the senate adjusts their academic calendars saying she has given them 10 to 14 days to do so. And Minister of General Education David Mabumba has directed that all government, community and private schools which had remained closed due...

• 1 Mar 2018
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt releases salaries for civil servants

The Ministry of Finance through the Treasury has released K802.7 million towards the payment of public service workers’ salaries for the month of February. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Finance Head of Public Relations Chileshe Kandeta, the funds have been transmitted to various commercial banks for allotment into workers' accounts. "The Treasury...

• 1 Mar 2018
• Diggers Reporter

Keith Mukata gets death sentence

Lusaka High Court judge Susan Wanjelani has convicted and sentenced Chilanga UPND Member of Parliament Keith Mukata to death by hanging for killing his security guard Namakambwa Kalilakwenda. Mukata was jointly charged with his partner Charmaine Musonda who has since been acquitted on grounds that the prosecution had failed to prove its case against her....

• 1 Mar 2018
• Diggers Editor

Kapata exposed state capture by Lungu's IDC

Last week in Parliament, Lands Minister Jean Kapata failed to justify why ZAFFICO was selling confiscated Mukula logs at US$600 per tonne when the market price was US$2,500 per tonne. But that was the least of our concerns. What we found baffling was the explanation that money realised from this sale was given to Kawambwa...

• 1 Mar 2018
• Mirriam Chabala

Luo lied to Parliament over Nkrumah University closure - Tutwa

Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says claims by Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo that government closed down Kwame Nkrumah University because the upgraded institution had no qualified lecturers is false. And Ngulube says Prof Luo did not widely consult before presenting her statement to Parliament about the closure of Kwame Nkrumah...

• 1 Mar 2018
• Nancy Moonga

I'll expose PF rigging blueprint for 2021 - Saviour

United Progressive Peoples party (UPP) leader Saviour Chishimba says he will soon expose a PF rigging blueprint for the 2021 elections. And Chishimba has charged that the largest opposition political party, UPND, is more corrupt than the PF. Speaking during Prime TV’s Oxygen of Democracy on Monday, Chishimba slammed the proposal to printing ballot papers...