Archive: 28 May 2020

28 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

We’ve given Kapiri gay couple a second chance – Kampyongo

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says the pardoned Kapiri gay couple, Stephen Sambo and Japhet Mataba, have given “a second chance to live like law abiding citizens”. And Kampyongo says President Edgar Lungu has pardoned […]

28 May 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lungu’s links to Russia, Belarus revealed through businessman Alexander Zingman

AN Investigation has linked President Edgar Lungu to a Belarusian businessman and oligarch, Alexander Zingman who, according to the Business News Line publication of March 25, 2020, is associated with questionable deals between Russian dealers […]

28 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Invite UPND to discuss debt, Kakoma urges PF

UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the PF government should invite his party to discuss debt restructuring with the same spirit in which they consulted NDC president Chishimba Kambwili on the mines. In an interview, Kakoma […]

28 May 2020 | Mirriam Chabala

Lungu my brother, have mercy, I’ve been reduced to a beggar, laments Kambwili

MY DEAR brother Edgar Lungu, when you are fixing someone politically, don’t forget that this person has got family, Chishimba Kambwili has lamented, adding that PF has reduced him to a beggar. And Kambwili who […]

28 May 2020 | Julia Malunga

NGOCC asks more women to participate in 2021 polls

THE Non-Governmental Gender Organization Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says the council seeks to encourage more women to participate in next year’s general election. Speaking when she opened a media training on the Maputo and Banjul protocol […]

28 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Lungu should ask Chilufya to step aside, demands TIZ

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia has called on President Edgar Lungu to ask Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya to step aside in order to facilitate smooth investigations into his alleged corruption case. Responding to a press query, […]

28 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

We need less audit queries, Lungu tells new Deputy Auditor General

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says there is need to tighten controls in the application and management of public resources in Zambia to reduce the number of audit queries. Speaking at State House when he swore-in Chibwe […]

28 May 2020 | Diggers Reporter

Zambia to pay debt dismantling consultant K90 million

GOVERNMENT is about to award a US$5 million tender for the provision of advisory services in relation to its debt management to Lazard Freres, a French firm, over a delivery period of three years. According […]

28 May 2020 | Diggers Editor

IMF’s rules are unfair, as Dr Kalyalya says, but necessary for reckless govts

MUCH talk and discussion has been held about Zambia needing to clinch an economic bailout package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in recent years. But this elusive economic programme seems to be a dream […]

28 May 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Sampa apologises to Chinese community

LUSAKA Mayor Miles Sampa has apologized to the Chinese community for closing some of their businesses and using derogatory language in the process. Sampa said he erred in his judgement of physically going to business […]