SENANGA UPND member of parliament Mukumbuta Mulowa says he was not voted to represent the party’s position when enacting laws in parliament but to represent the views of the people. Last month, when Justice Minister Given Lubinda introduced the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 of 2019 for second reading, all UPND members of parliament...

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says Mangango PF member of parliament Goodwill Putu attempted to beat her up after she saved a presiding officer whom they were harassing in the just-ended Nangula Ward by-election. But Putu has denied Imenda’s allegations, insisting that he would never even imagine attempting to assault her. Meanwhile, Imenda has...

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found Zambia Air Force (ZAF) Colonel Dexter Maseka with a case to answer in a matter he is accused of lying before court that he knew nothing about properties allegedly belonging to former ZAF commander Lieutenant General Eric Chimese in Ibex Hill. In this matter, Col Maseka, a 43-year-old procurement...

FORMER Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry Dipak Patel has argued that provisions of the Constitution requiring government to obtain prior approval from Parliament before contracting public debt have been in full effect since January 2016. He has therefore, urged the Constitutional Court to grant him the reliefs he is seeking in a case where...

LAW Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa says the LAZ council has legally maintained office and will continue to issue statements as no election has been held yet to change it. And Mwitwa has joined the Human Rights Commission in calling on government and Law Enforcement Agencies to adhere to the rule of law...

OUTDOOR Advertising Association of Zambia has sued Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL) in the Lusaka High Court, seeking an interim injunction restraining it from awarding a contract for the provision of advertising space at the new terminal building at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA). Leo Luthombi Liambela, suing in his capacity as secretary of Outdoor...

THE International Press Institute (IPI) has called on the Zambian authorities to reverse the unequal cancellation of Prime TV’s license. Zambia’s Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) on Thursday suspended the broadcasting license of Prime Television with immediate effect. In the letter to Prime TV proprietor Gerald Shawa, IBA board member Josephine Mapoma said that “the cancellation...

ZAMBIA has in the last 24 hours recorded three news cases of COVID-19, bringing the cumulative total to 48. Minister of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya announced at an update briefing today that two of these cases are females aged 23 and 29 who are contacts to the latest COVID-19 case from Makeni while the third...

SEVEN people have died in fatal road accidents recorded during the Easter holiday. In a statement, Police spokesperson Esther Katongo stated that 142 road traffic accidents were recorded countrywide during the period under review, showing a noticeable reduction compared to last year. "During the 2020 Easter Holiday, a total number of 142 road traffic accidents...

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya says President Edgar Lungu has authorised the invocation of certain provisions of the law to restrict the movement of people in Kafue district today to ensure mass COVID-19 screening and targeted testing. And Dr Chilufya says Zambia yesterday did not record any new case of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya...