Archive: 10 July 2020

10 Jul 2020 | Diggers Editor

Are these the advisors Lungu wants to go into an election year with?

WE are ‘impressed’ with the levels of incompetence at State House lately. The once most respected and feared office in the land has now become the prime source of humour and embarrassment. This is the

10 Jul 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Mweetwa refuses to apologize for calling Wina’s statement shallow

CHOMA Central UPND member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa on Friday refused to apologize for calling Vice-President Inonge Wina’s statement on gassing “shallow and shameful”, saying telling him to do was like asking him to stop

10 Jul 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube and Andrew Mwansa

State House will deal with false postings on Lungu’s page internally – Chipampe

SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe says State House will deal with the false postings on President Edgar Lungu’s Facebook page internally. In the past few months, President Lungu’s

10 Jul 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

PF cadres’ conduct at court was rubbish, next time nkaba fumya amolu – Kapeso

DEPUTY Inspector General of Police in charge of operations Bonny Kapeso has condemned the behavior of PF cadres who disrupted court proceedings when they went to show solidarity to corruption-accused Health Minister Dr Chitaulu Chilufya.

10 Jul 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Judge sympathises with murder-accused ex-FHT director over adjournments

LUSAKA High Court judge Wilfred Muma has sympathized with incarcerated former Family Health Trust executive director accused of murdering a 19-year-old woman over the several adjournments in the matter caused by his lawyers. Judge Muma

10 Jul 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Corruption being used as a tool to fight political opponents – Dora

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says a lot of money is being wasted because corruption is now being used as a tool to fight opponents, which is sad. And Siliya says politicians should not dare

10 Jul 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

CK seeks judicial review against Simusamba’s refusal to recuse himself in forgery case

CHISHIMBA Kambwili has applied for leave to commence judicial review proceedings in the Lusaka High Court against Magistrate David Simusamba’s refusal to recuse himself from presiding over a case where the former is charged with

10 Jul 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Speed trap police are back – RTSA CEO

ROAD Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) chief executive officer Gladwell Banda says the Zambia police is back with their speed traps on the roads after the termination of the contract with Intelligence Mobility Solutions (IMS).

10 Jul 2020 | Mirriam Chabala

KBF threatens to destroy PF if leaders fail to reason

I LOVE this party a lot but if they want us to destroy the party, we can destroy it, says 2021 presidential aspirant Kelvin Fube Bwalya (KBF). And KBF says PF officials are overreacting to

10 Jul 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Court sets July 14 for hearing in case where Mwiimbu is challenging continuation of Bill 10 debates

LUSAKA High Court judge Sharon Newa has set July 14 for hearing of the matter in which Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Jack Mwiimbu is challenging Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini’s