SENIOR chief Mphuka of the Chikunda people in Luangwa District says ministers and parliamentarians must learn to scrutinise what a sitting Republican President says and say no to certain decisions that he or she makes. Speaking when PF Lusaka Province executive secretary Kennedy Kamba and his campaign team paid a courtesy call on him at...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s decision to dismiss Dr Denny Kalyalya as Bank of Zambia (BoZ) governor was callous and lacked human consideration, says former secretary to the cabinet Dr Sketchely Sacika. And Dr Sacika has lamented that President Lungu denied Dr Kalyalya a befitting and dignified exit from the central bank by dismissing him like a...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says the delayed commencement of phase two of the ongoing mobile NRC registration will not affect the voter registration exercise, which is still scheduled to commence next month. Last week, Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo said the postponement of the NRC registration exercise was caused by delays in the...

THE Propaganda that FDD leader Edith Nawakwi has embarked on against her UPND counterpart may look new to some people, but we have seen this before. In 2011, a gentleman called Chanda Chimba III was recruited in the MMD’s propaganda machinery tasked to scandalize late Michael Sata ahead of the election. Apart from Sata, the...

COMMUNITY Development and Social Welfare Minister Kampamba Chewe says some of the people receiving K1,600 are Social Cash Transfer (SCT) beneficiaries who have not collected their monies since July, due to technical issues. And Patriotic Front (PF) deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has urged Chewe to explain the money being dished out on various media...

FORUM for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi says Zambian male politicians are petty and they enjoy debating "below the belt". And Nawakwi says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema and Mazabuka Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo should not drag her husband into political discussions because he is not a politician. Meanwhile, Nawakwi says...

THE 2019 Money Laundering Trends Report may not be released anytime soon this year as the Irene Lombe Chibesakunda-led Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) board has not given a go ahead for its dissemination to the public. And Chibesakunda has declined to respond to a press query seeking her explanation on whether she was not conflicted...