Archive: 1 February 2019

1 Feb 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

UPND govt will implement rural development policy to reduce poverty – Mucheleka

UPND deputy secretary general for politics Patrick Mucheleka says once in government, the UPND will implement a rural development policy to combat rural-poverty in Zambia. And Mucheleka says the UPND government will give defined incentives […]

1 Feb 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

It’s difficult for opposition MPs to work amidst police intimidation – Muchima

Ikelengi UPND member of parliament Elijah Muchima says it is difficult for opposition MPs to develop their various constituencies because the PF used the police to harass them. On Monday, Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister […]

1 Feb 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Theft of Social Cash Transfer report ready, says Mvunga

Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet in charge of finance and economic affairs Christopher Mvunga has revealed that the forensic report on the alleged abuse of the Social Cash Transfer by the Ministry of Community Development […]

1 Feb 2019 | Thomas Mulenga

I can let someone else be running mate – GBM

UPND vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba (GBM) says he is ready to let someone else from the Opposition Alliance become running mate as long as that person helps the alliance win the 2021 general election. And […]

1 Feb 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

ACC is toothless – NDC youths

NDC national youth chairman Charles Kabwita says it is not surprising that people have stopped reporting cases of corruption to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) because the institution has become moribund under PF. In a statement, […]

1 Feb 2019 | Daniel Chansa

Rains wash away 15 houses in Ndola’s Masala township

Heavy rains have washed away 15 houses in Ndola’s Masala township. And seven houses in Luanshya have also collapsed due to heavy rains. Copperbelt has been experiencing heavy rains in the past five days, leaving […]

1 Feb 2019 | Sandra Mulenga

Chambishi man gets 10 years for punching wife to death

A man of Chambishi District on the Copperbelt Province has been sentenced to ten years imprisonment with hard labour by the Kitwe High court for Manslaughter. Musonda Chongo was charged with Manslaughter Contrary to the […]

1 Feb 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

L/stone MP’s arrest a witch hunt – Katuka

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the arrest of the party’s Livingstone member of parliament by the Anti-Corruption Commission is a nonsensical witch hunt because no Councillor leaves his office without a plot. In an […]

1 Feb 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

PF’s transport infrastructure upgrades will intensify regional trade links – Mwila

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says infrastructure projects undertaken by the PF government such as the Kazungula Bridge have repositioned Zambia to a regional economic hub that will intensify existing trade links. Highlighting PF’s […]

1 Feb 2019 | Mirriam Chabala

Zambia must abandon some British practices – Sacika

Former Secretary to the Cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika has observed that the constituency based system of holding Parliamentary elections is less democratic, unrepresentative of political opinion and too expensive to run. And Dr Sacika has […]