HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says he is not happy with the happenings in the Zambia Police Service where provisions of the Statutory Instrument Number 22 on enforcement of COVID-19 regulations were misinterpreted. And Kampyongo has accused Civil Society Organisations raising concerns about the monitoring of the mobile issuance of National Registration Cards are just...

LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says he cannot respond to complaints from Kaweche Kaunda about him in the media because those are family matters. And Lusambo says those calling for his dismissal from his ministerial position are free to do so because Zambia is a democratic country where everyone is entitled to their own opinion....

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has confirmed summoning former defence permanent secretary Stardy Mwale for questioning in corruption related investigations. Mwale, who was recently transferred to Cabinet Office by President Edgar Lungu, appeared before ACC investigators yesterday. ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono confirmed the summoning in response to a press query from News Diggers. "I...

TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says bus stations do not belong to the ruling Patriotic Front because they are properties of the councils. And the Bus and Taxi Owners Association on the Copperbelt and Public Service Vehicle (PSV) drivers have complained that cadres continue to intimidate and overcharge them for loading their buses in...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says it has received almost half of the funding for the voter registration exercise scheduled for October, 2020. Speaking at a press briefing, Wednesday, ECZ chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano said the Commission would continue to engage the treasury on the remaining balance. “The Commission has received almost half...

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila has insisted that political parties should be part of the National Registration Cards (NRCs) registration process. And Mwila says the people of Lukashya and Mwansabombwe Constituencies will choose to rise above and reject the opposition alternatives because of the bitterness, falsehoods and tribalism they exhibit. Briefing the press...

CHIPATA Central member of parliament Moses Mawere says he will re-contesting the seat in next year’s general elections and will not be intimidated by aspiring candidates such as former Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) chief executive officer Zindaba Soko. And Mawere says he cannot be intimidated by a song composed for Soko because that...

FORMER Cabinet and deputy ministers who received emoluments after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016 have not objected to the K4.7 million quantified by the State, as money they are required to pay back. But the said former ministers and their deputies have told the Constitutional Court that they were not paid their repatriation allowances...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili says he has assigned his vice-president Josephs Akafumba to meet with UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema over plans to field one candidate in the forthcoming Mwansabombwe and Lukashya by-elections. And UPND chairman for elections Gary Nkombo says the party has not yet reached an agreement with NDC over the...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says he does not waste time counting his losses because fighting for freedom doesn't come easy. And Hichilema says he will not go into government with the desire to fix and arrest fellow politicians like what President Edgar Lungu is doing. Meanwhile, Hichilema says he is not intimidated by the intended...