Archive: 2019

28 Nov 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Chiengi neighborhood watch officer dies after suspect kicks his testicles during arrest

A 47-year-old man of Chiengi District has died after being kicked in his testicles. According to a statement issued by acting police spokesperson Danny Mwale, Thursday, the deceased was a member of the Kazembe Community […]

28 Nov 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mwenye salutes Namibia for holding “credible elections”

Former Attorney General Musa Mwenye has commended Namibia for holding its six credible elections, in accordance with the Commonwealth principles on democracy. And Mwenye says allowing some people to build in forest reserves and on […]

28 Nov 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

ZMD, GBMS MoU was illegal, testifies ex-PS

Former Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Brigadier General Emeldah Chola has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD) and GBMS Engineering Company implementing a government digitalisation […]

28 Nov 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Kalaluka undermining ConCourt in ex-ministers’ case – Sinkamba

Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba says the Attorney General Likando Kalaluka should stay out of the matter involving ex-ministers who were ordered to pay back salaries which they illegally obtained. In a statement, Sinkamba said […]

28 Nov 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

I’m not a killer, says soldier accused of ritual killings

When Police asked me if I have ever killed someone, I told them that from 1994, we have not experienced war so I have never killed anyone, a Zambia Army soldier has told the Lusaka […]

28 Nov 2019 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Ugandan gets 4 years for theft

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has convicted and sentenced a 27-year-old Ugandan man to four years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing over K14,000 cash belonging to Pembe Flour Milling Company. The convict is said to […]

27 Nov 2019 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Likando is right, its illegal for IDC to sell ZAFFICO shares – HH

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has saluted Attorney General Likando Kalaluka State Counsel for rendering a legal opinion to the effect that the takeover of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and plans […]

27 Nov 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

It is up to individual ex- ministers to pay or not pay back salaries, Lubinda tells Parley

Justice Minister Given Lubinda says the obligation to pay back money accrued from illegally staying in office after the dissolution of parliament in 2016 lies in the hands of individual ministers. And Lubinda says the […]

27 Nov 2019 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Parley Committee hears how Kasama council hired Ford Ranger for Mayor

The Parliamentary Committee on Local Governments says it will recommend for appropriate action to be taken against the Kasama Municipal Council for wasting tax payers’ money when it illegally hired a Ford Ranger for its […]

27 Nov 2019 | Ulande Nkomesha

Zambia 5th hungriest country in the world – IAPRI

The Indaba Agricultural and Policy Research Institute(IAPRI) says Zambia is actually the fifth hungriest country in the world. Meanwhile, the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit says the hunger which has hit mostly Western, Southern and […]