Archive: 11 December 2020

11 Dec 2020 | Julia Malunga

We’ll take every legal step to ensure ex-ministers pay back – LAZ

THE LAW Association of Zambia (LAZ) says ministers affected by the judgment of the Constitutional Court do not have an option in the matter but to abide by it within the stipulated time. In a […]

11 Dec 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Court finds Kambwili with case to answer in contempt case

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has put Chishimba Kambwili on his defence after being found with a case to answer in a contempt case relating to Mwamona engineering. This is a matter in which Kambwili is […]

11 Dec 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Lungu promises to ask ECZ to extend voter registration exercise

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has promised Itezhi-Tezhi residents that he will ask the Electoral Commission of Zambia to extend the voter registration process and source for funds to make that possible. And President Lungu says the […]

11 Dec 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

High Court to sentence Lsk man for indecent assault

LUSAKA Magistrate Alice Walusiku has convicted and committed a 42-year-old man to the High Court for sentencing on a charge of indecent assault after he admitted touching the breasts of an 11-year-old girl who went […]

11 Dec 2020 | Ulande Nkomesha

Lungu’s interpretation of law regarding ex-ministers was valid – Makebi

EASTERN Province Minister Makebi Zulu says President Edgar Lungu should not be blamed for the illegal stay of ministers in office because his interpretation of the law was valid. A number of stakeholders, including Constitutional […]

11 Dec 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Zambia only has 7.2m eligible voters – Chikwanda

FORMER Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda says contrary to the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s “mysterious” projections, the country only has about 7.2 million eligible voters which represents 40 percent of the 18 million population. In a […]

11 Dec 2020 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Lsk woman accused of forging law degree pleads not guilty

A 35-YEAR-OLD Chililabombwe woman accused of forging a Zambia Open University (ZAOU) Bachelor of Laws degree and uttering the said false document to an examinations officer at ZIALE has denied the charges. Clare Mulwanda, a […]

11 Dec 2020 | Natasha Sakala

2021 results will be rejected if voter registration mess isn’t resolved, warns Caritas

CARITAS Zambia executive director Eugene Kabilika says it will be hard for citizens to believe the outcome of the 2021 elections if nothing is done to address issues surrounding the issuance of NRCs and voters […]

11 Dec 2020 | Natasha Sakala

Ministry of Works and Supply withheld information from my office, laments AG

AUDITOR General Dick Sichembe says his office had difficulties getting information from the Ministry of Works and Supply for audit, wondering why the Ministry opted to willingly submit to the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) […]

11 Dec 2020 | Abraham Kalito

People will question Lungu’s wealth if he pays for ex-ministers – Mulusa

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary general Lucky Mulusa says if President Edgar Lungu listens to critics and clears the former ministers’ debt, people will start questioning his wealth. In an interview, Mulusa advised the […]