Young African Leaders Initiative president Andrew Ntewewe says citizens must give government a benefit of doubt on the barring of Kenyan Law professor Patrick Lumumba from entering the country. In an interview, Ntewewe said government was privy to certain information which could have informed its decision. "As Young African Leaders Initiative, we want to put...

University of Zambia Political Science lecturer Lee Habasonda says it is inappropriate to raise salaries for the President and senior government officials when the country is in jeopardy and at risk of defaulting on its obligations. Responding to a press query from News Diggers! Habasonda noted that the increment of President Edgar Lungu’s monthly salary...

National Democratic Congress leader Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu is scared of his own shadow. And Kambwili says the Ministry of Home Affairs should be given to a person with a legal background and experience in security wings instead of a "kabova". Speaking to journalists at the Lusaka Magistrates' Court after one of his...

The Energy Regulation Board has hiked the price of fuel citing international market prices and the falling Kwacha. In a statement issued today, ERB board chairman Raymond Mpundu revealed that the price of petrol per litre had gone up by K2.31 whilst diesel had gone up by K2.64 and kerosene had been increased by K2.49....

HIVOS, an international non-governmental organisation, says Zambians can turn the growing problem of solid waste into a money-making venture. Speaking during a workshop which brought together solid waste experts, business people, entrepreneurs among other stakeholders in Lusaka last week, HIVOS Southern Africa Enterprise development strategist Cordelia Kunaka said Zambia and particularly Lusaka had great potential...

It's stupidity to declare a person like me who bears no arms as a national security risk, says Kenyan Professor Patrick Lumumba. And Zambia's High Commissioner to South Africa Emmanuel Mwamba told that country's national broadcaster that the barring of Professor Lumumba is a regrettable incident. Professor Lumumba was denied entry into Zambia last week...

Nevers Mumba’s MMD faction have distanced itself from last Saturday’s card renewal exercise hatched by Works and Supply Minister Felix Mutati, and insists that the meeting held in Chipata was illegal. In a statement, team spokesperson Cephas Mukuka insisted that Mutati remained an expelled member of the MMD as per the court’s ruling, and that...

Zambia’s cost of external debt servicing has drastically risen to around US$706 million in 2017 from just US$63 million in 2013, a new World Bank report has revealed. According to the Bank’s latest Economic Brief, the PF-led administration spent US$706 million on meeting external public debt servicing costs last year, up from only US$63 million...

The Zambia United Local Authorities Workers' Union president Kingsley Zulu says some councils are diverting about 20 per cent of the local government equalization fund to buy flamboyant vehicles at the expense of service delivery to local communities. Addressing a media briefing in Ndola, Monday, Zulu asked the Ministry of Local Government to start strictly...

Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says the 2019 budget will be mere rhetoric if it does not receive the much-needed support from Zambians because the country is in a trying period. And Mwanakatwe complained that she needed a “break” from questions around Zambia’s official debt position. Speaking during a Deloitte breakfast meeting in Lusaka, Monday, Mwanakatwe,...

Four people, among them a Lusaka based magistrate Maggie Tantameni Kunda, a public prosecutor from the National Prosecutions Authority and two court officials have been dragged to court for allegedly stealing 34 Kilograms of ephedrine, property of government. Felix Mkandawire, a court interpreter, 35, of Kanyama, Francis Mphanza Senior Public Prosecutor, 37, of Woodlands, Maggie...

On Thursday last week, a miracle happened at the Ministry of Home Affairs. The minister, Honourable Stephen Kampyongo went against all expectations and tradition to allow civil society organizations conduct a protests against the Patriotic Front’s bad governance practices. The most shocking part about this development is that earlier, the Lusaka Division Police Command had...

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