• 18 Sep 2019
• Sipilisiwe Ncube

2020 budget should clear K1.2 billion owed to medical suppliers, demands PSZ

Pharmaceutical Society of Zambia (PSZ) president Jerome Kanyika says government must explain how it is going to dismantle the K1.2 billion debt owed to medical suppliers in the 2020 national budget. Reacting to President Edgar Lungu’s speech to Parliament last Friday, Kanyika said as much as he appreciated the efforts being made to expand the...

• 18 Sep 2019
• Julia Malunga

Change our name to "Anti-Drugs, Economic, Financial Crimes Agency", DEC tells 'Bill 10' committee

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has submitted, before the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019, that the name of the commission should be changed to "Anti-Drugs, Economic, Financial Crimes Agency". And DEC wants to be recognized as a national security agency. Appearing before the Parliamentary Select Committee at Parliament...

• 18 Sep 2019
• Natasha Sakala

Zambia needs localized energy solutions to address power deficit - Belemu

Mbabala UPND member of parliament Ephraim Belemu says Zambia needs to focus on localized energy solutions that are suited to particular areas as a means of mitigating the power deficit. And Belemu has called on government to make use of the uranium deposits in the country as it seeks to diversify the energy sector. Meanwhile,...

• 18 Sep 2019
• Natasha Sakala

FRA has only bought 90,000 tonnes of maize - Katambo

Agriculture Minister Michael Katambo says the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has only managed to buy 90,000 metric tonnes from the targeted 300,000 metric tonnes since the opening of the 2019 crop marketing season. And Katambo says increased maize production is the only solution to the current challenges obtaining in the Zambia, such as the high...

• 18 Sep 2019
• Stuart Lisulo

Zesco tariffs to go up by 75%, we also need to revise fuel prices - Minister

Energy Minister Mathew Nkhuwa says electricity tariffs could go up by as high as 75 per cent, similar to the previous increment effected in 2017. And Nkhuwa says government is currently reviewing a possible fuel price adjustment to take into account pricing fundamentals, such as the depreciating kwacha and rising oil prices on the international...

• 18 Sep 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Attempts are being made to curtail my liberty to challenge my dismissal - Mutembo

State Counsel Mutembo Nchito has asked the Constitutional Court to forgive him for feeling that he has not had the opportunity to freely prosecute the matter where he is challenging his dismissal as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in the manner that he saw fit. Mutembo has told the court that it appeared at every...

• 18 Sep 2019
• Zondiwe Mbewe

Kabanshi takes plea, denies corruption charges

Former Minister of Community Development and Social Services Emerine Kabanshi has taken fresh plea and denied two charges of willful failure to comply with the law and applicable procedure or guidelines relating to procurement involving the Social Cash Transfer programme. This was after the State amended the particulars of the offence on the charge sheet....

• 18 Sep 2019
• Mazuba Muleya

IG Kanganja promotes Siame

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has promoted 200m All Africa Games champion Sydney Siame to chief inspector. And badminton ace Evelyn Siamupangila who was part of the 2019 All Africa Games team has also been promoted to sergeant. Siame defied odds to win Zambia’s only gold medal at the continental games last month and...

• 18 Sep 2019
• Diggers Editor

Sit down Mr Findlay

We are happy to see Mr Valden Findlay come out to defend himself over the drug trafficking allegations made. Those who are accused of wrongdoing deserve an opportunity to be heard so that they are not judged unfairly in the court of public opinion. Unfortunately, the renowned drug king-pin who implicated Mr Findlay in his...