Archive: 5 July 2018

5 Jul 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Police nab Samfya man for defaming Lungu

Police in Lusaka have arrested a 29-year-old man of Msolo Primary School in Samfya for allegedly defaming President Edgar Lungu and being in possession of pornographic material. According to a statement issued by police spokesperson […]

5 Jul 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Govt is preparing ground to reject money laundering report – TIZ

Transparency International Zambia (TIZ) president Rueben Lifuka has observed that government, through High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba, is psychologically preparing Zambians to accept the rejection of the regional money laundering report when it […]

5 Jul 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Lungu, others will refund stolen wealth when UPND forms govt – GBM

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says PF members have lined up their pockets awaiting to empower themselves from kickbacks, leaving many Zambians suffering as a result. But GBM has warned that the thieves will be […]

5 Jul 2018 | Daniel Chansa in Ndola

There’s too much corruption in fuel sector, laments association

Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia Secretary General Benson Tembo says there is a lot of corruption in the transportation of fuel. Adressing journalists at a joint media briefing in Ndola, Wednesday, Tembo said government’s decision […]

5 Jul 2018 | Abraham Kalito

CTPD demands operationalization of Sinking Fund

Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) executive director Isaac Mwaipopo has demanded for the operationalization of the Sinking Fund, warning that Zambia will be unable to repay any of its loans without one. But […]

5 Jul 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Mauritius rejected money laundering report because its a haven for financial crimes – Nyasulu

Zambians who are linking the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) Trends Report to the regional Mutual Evaluation Report (MER) are being mischievous because the two have no relationship at all, says senior accountant Victor Nyasulu. And […]

5 Jul 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Minimal reduction in inflation won’t reduce cost of living – CSPR

Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) executive director Patrick Nshindano says the drop in inflation to 7.4 per cent will not have any impact on the cost of living because a reduction in inflation does […]

5 Jul 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

I don’t even want to talk about presidential ambitions, I’m no longer interested – Miles

Patriotic Front candidate for the Lusaka mayoral election Miles Sampa says he has shelved his presidential ambitions and does not even want to discuss the topic. And Sampa says no amount of bad publicity will […]

5 Jul 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Laura questions education system that is producing illiterate graduates

Alliance for Community Action executive director Laura Miti says Zambia now has an education system which produces “frighteningly unanalytical” graduates. In a statement shared on her Facebook page titled ‘The new Zambian’, Wednesday, Miti lamented […]

5 Jul 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

There’s more to Mwambwa’s resignation than meets the eye – Wynter

Rainbow party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba says there is more to Acting Auditor General Ron Mwambwa’s resignation than meets the eye. Last week, Mwambwa resigned after acting for close to three year, but without giving […]