Archive: 21 September 2020

21 Sep 2020 | Diggers Editor

Lumumba is right, there’s a lot Lungu can do after leaving office

KENYAN Professor of Law Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba says President Edgar Lungu must consider leaving office with dignity at the end of his current term so that he can join other former African heads of […]

21 Sep 2020 | Diggers Editor

Being a judge or magistrate is a privilege, not an advantage

THE decision by the Judicial Complaints Commission to recommend the removal of High Court Registrar David Simusamba from the judiciary because of the conduct he exhibited during the time that he served as Lusaka Magistrate […]

21 Sep 2020 | Daniel Chansa

Mwila nullifies the Lusambo-appointed mobilisation committee

PATRIOTIC Front Secretary General Davis Mwila has nullified the appointments of the Masaiti District PF mobilization committee. The Masaiti District Committee was appointed by Copperbelt Mobilization Chairman Bowman Lusambo. According to a letter addressed to […]

21 Sep 2020 | Julia Malunga

We agree with LAZ that ConCourt didn’t deal with eligibility, but Lungu qualifies – Mundubile

PATRIOTIC Front chairperson for legal affairs Brian Mundubile says the Patriotic Front agrees with the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) position that the Constitutional Court did not deal with President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility for the […]

21 Sep 2020 | Julia Malunga

Lungu must go, no animals should be more equal than others – Telesphore

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says it is lawlessness of the highest order to restore an expired Bill in Parliament. And Archbishop Mpundu says President Edgar Lungu should listen to the voice of Zambians who are telling […]

21 Sep 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

With or without Bill 10, PF can continue in power after 2021 – Tutwa

LEADER of the Opposition Jack Mwiimbu has insisted that Bill 10 died on June 4 adding that PF wants to use it as their ventilator which can prolong President Edgar Lungu’s tenure of office. But […]

21 Sep 2020 | Julia Malunga

Much as we blame the system for losses, we also need buttoning up – UPND

MAZABUKA Central member of parliament Gary Nkombo says the UPND has got a lot of buttoning up to do evidenced by the loss of the just ended parliamentary by-elections in Lukashya and Mwansabombwe constituencies. And […]

21 Sep 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Govt yet to decide mode of action in probing privatisation saga – Wina

VICE-President Inonge Wina says government has not yet decided on which mode of action to use in dealing with the involvement of public figures in the privatisation process. And Vice-President Wina says President Edgar Lungu […]

21 Sep 2020 | Diggers Reporter

LAZ to meet IG over lawlessness among cadres

Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) Honorary Secretary Sokwani Chilembo says the association will soon meet Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to discuss lawlessness being exhibited by political cadres which cannot be allowed to continue. […]

21 Sep 2020 | Natasha Sakala

We’ve got work to do – Chisanga

NEWLY-ELECTED Lukashya PF member of parliament George Chisanga says he and the ruling party have got work to do in his constituency. And Chisanga says the results of last Thursday’s by-election which he won with […]