Bwana Mkubwa PF member of parliament Dr Jonas Chanda says it is not his job to distribute campaign bicycles, but to focus on developmental programmes for his constituency. In a statement, Chanda added that it was malicious for party officials to accuse him of stealing bicycles because he doesn’t need one. He described the allegations...

The Anti Corruption Commission has arrested Roan PF member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili’s son Mwamba and charged him with two counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Mwamba, who arrived in the company of his father and his lawyers at Woodlands Police Station around 09:30 hours, has been in...

The University of Zambia has directed all departments intending to hold workshops to host them within institutional premises in order to avoid incurring further debt. And University of Zambia Public Relations Manager Damasake Chibale said government has agreed to liquidate the K2.5 billion debt which the institution owes in various forms. Chibale told News Diggers!...

Zambians have every right to demand accountability of resources which they work so hard to earn, says Dr Caleb Fundanga. And Dr Fundanga, who is former Bank of Zambia governor, says the scourge of corruption in Africa must cease if the continent will have tax compliant societies. Meanwhile, Dr Fundanga says there is need to...

The Economics Association of Zambia has warned that government’s failure to adequately prepare for repayment of the three Eurobonds will have devastating consequences for the country’s economy when they mature. And EAZ president Dr Chrispin Mphuka has called for enhanced transparency on the country’s official debt position. Zambia’s two Eurobonds issued in 2012 and 2014,...

The kind of political violence we are witnessing in Zambia today is what you would expect in a Hollywood movie, or perhaps in war torn Democratic Republic of Congo, but certainly not in a Christian nation. It seems the 2021 campaigns will be about running and sorting each other out instead of talking and finding...

A Lusaka woman has sued Pick n Pay Stores and Neelkanth Fresh Foods Limited for selling peanut butter contaminated with high levels of peroxide which is not fit for human consumption. According to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court, Friday, Mirriam Katontoka experienced symptoms of abdominal discomfort, intense diarrhoea, vomiting and...

Lusaka Lawyer Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF) has vowed to recruit all members of the Patriotic Front who believe in Michael Sata's principals, into a crusade that will fight to redeeming the spirit of the party founding father. And KBF says he is tired of advising President Edgar Lungu to prune corrupt people around him, who...

Three Nakonde residents have sued the Zambia Revenue Authority and the Attorney General for illegally seizing and detaining 400 bags of maize and two trucks saying they have suffered loss of business and income as a result. Isaac Musukwa registered owner of a Scania Rigid Truck, Jackmore Kalaba registered owner of a Volve Truck and...

Alliance for Community Action executive director Laura Miti says the biggest form of resource misappropriation that the country has been experiencing is legal wastage which cannot be accounted for. And Miti has charged that President Edgar Lungu is being mischievous when he asks for evidence from people who are accusing his government of corruption, saying...