Archive: 3 November 2020

3 Nov 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Chitalu warns of spike in COVID-19 cases in Dec

MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya has warned that the country risks having a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in December if preventive guidelines are not adhered to. Speaking during a COVID-19 update, […]

3 Nov 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

My Bill 10 vote didn’t count, the system froze, complains Ng’ambi

CHIFUBU PF member of parliament Frank Ng’ambi has asked the National Assembly to add his vote to the 105 MPs who voted for Bill 10, claiming that even if he supported the Bill, his vote... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Abraham Kalito

Lungu and his leadership ni ba mwankole – Ngoma

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu and his leadership ‘ni ba mwankole’ who have made it easier for his party to win elections in 2021, says former Sinda member of parliament and UPND chairman for agriculture Levy Ngoma.... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

UPND are lucky to have Kampyongo as home affairs minister – Lusambo

LUSAKA Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says the UPND will cry louder on the continued unfairness in the application of the Public Order Act due to the party’s failure to support Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Diggers Editor

Well, sh*t happens! Learn and move on

WHAT happened in Parliament last Thursday showed that the Patriotic Front went fishing on this Bill. They were banking on a gambled probability of success, but everyone knows that gambling doesn’t guarantee you anything. That’s... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Julia Malunga

PF working on eliminating opposition ahead of 2021 – Telesphore

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says the ruling PF is demonising the opposition and slapping them up with trumped up criminal charges so that they fail to stand at next year’s general election. In an interview, Archbishop... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Natasha Sakala

2019 AG report reveals increase in wasteful expenditure

THE Office of the Auditor General has released the 2019 report on Accounts of the Republic which highlights an upward trend in several irregularities such as wasteful expenditure, which has increased from K222,534 in 2018... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

It’s time to move on from failed Bill 10 – CCZ

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) secretary general Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says it is time Zambians moved on from the failed Bill 10 and transition into 2021 as a unified and peaceful country. And Fr... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Diggers Reporter

I won’t apologise for asking Easterners to emulate how Southerners vote – Dora

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says she will not apologise for advising Easterners to emulate how Southerners vote. And Siliya claims she did not coach headmen in Sinda on how to defraud the system to... […]

3 Nov 2020 | Julia Malunga

We’re also waiting for HH to file his nomination – Tutwa

KABWE Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube says the ruling party is equally waiting for UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to file in his nomination papers because he got a hotel from Livingstone without declaring... […]