Archive: 9 May 2018

9 May 2018 | Joseph Mwenya in Kabwe

Tutwa gets K10,000 bail, vows to side with the poor

The Kabwe Magistrates’ Court has granted area PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube K10,000 bail with two working sureties. This in a matter where the Kabwe Municipal council has dragged him to court for allegedly […]

9 May 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Household income has increased by 86% – Lungu

President Edgar Lungu says Zambia’s life expectancy has increased by 43% while household income increased by 86% percent between 1995 to 2015. In a speech read on his behalf by acting Transport and Communications Minister […]

9 May 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Global Fund seeks to recover over $1m worth of drugs stolen at Medical Stores

Global Fund has resolved to recover US $1,064,788 from Zambia’s Ministry of Health which was stolen in form of ARVs, HIV test kits, malaria and other drugs. According to an investigation report released on April […]

9 May 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Sports PS in punch up with mechanic after quarrel over car

A Lusaka based mechanic Daniel Tembo has accused Sports Permanent Secretary Joe Kapembwa and his family of assaulting him after they picked a quarrel over a car problem. But Kapembwa told News Diggers in an […]

9 May 2018 | Diggers Editor

ZCTU exposed Lungu’s hypocrisy

Zambians are politically fatigued. They have seen and heard so many depressing developments on news which have forced them to detach themselves from the political circle of their country. Families have resolved to mind their […]

9 May 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Govt’s intervention in agricultural sector undermining ZAMACE – CUTS

The Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) says government should establish a legally-binding document that outlines its interventions in the agriculture sector to avoid inconsistency and unpredictability of policies. And CUTS has observed that government […]

9 May 2018 | Daniel Chansa in Kitwe

Democratic Party ‘courts’ Kalaba

The newly-registered Democratic Party says it is in talks with former foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba to convince him ‘join’ the party so that he can be its 2021 presidential candidate. In a statement to […]

9 May 2018 | Daniel Chansa

Police nab notorious ‘Tokota Boys’

Police in Kitwe have arrested 14 juveniles belonging to a notorious group called ‘Tokota Boys’ that has been mercilessly beating and robbing of people. In a statement, Wednesday, Zambia Police spokesperson Ester Mwaata Katongo said […]

9 May 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Fresher remains in prison as he scouts for willing civil servants to bail him out

New Labour party leader Fresher Siwale is still in detention as senior government officials have refused to sign as his sureties. On May 4, Lusaka principle resident magistrate Alice Walusiku granted him K10,000 bail in […]

9 May 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Public accountability under PF dead and buried – ZCSD

Public accountability in Zambia has been dead since 2013 due to the breakdown in the rule of law under the PF administration, says ZCSD executive director Lewis Mwape. In a statement, Zambia Council for Social […]