FORMER special assistant to the president for policy implementation and monitoring Jack Kalala says it is irresponsible for Vice-President Inonge Wina to say PF is a party that fights corruption and abuse of public resources. Commenting on Vice-President Wina's remarks in Parliament last week that she was proud to be a member of the PF...

NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) executive director Engwase Mwale says the appointment of five male Permanent Secretaries by President Edgar Lungu is flawed as it is a form of discrimination against women. Commenting on President Lungu's recent appointments in an interview, Thursday, Mwale said this was one of the reasons why her organisation had taken...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has urged political parties not to use COVID-19 as an excuse to perpetrate their "dictatorial tendencies" by avoiding intra-party elections. He was speaking in Parliament, Tuesday, in response to a question from Lufubu PF member of parliament Gift Chiyalika who wanted to know how many registered political parties there were...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says the PF government has not improved any mechanisms for fighting and detecting corruption. Commenting on PF media director Sunday Chanda's remarks that Zambia's worsened performance on the Corruption Perceptions Index was an indication that the PF government had put in place mechanisms that were able to effectively detect it in...

PF LUSAKA Province chairman says Matero PF member of parliament Lloyd Kaziya is an ungrateful and bitter person who does not deserve to be a parliamentarian. Commenting on Kaziya’s revelation that he was receiving police protection because some PF cadres planned to attack him, Moonga rebuffed the assertion, saying no one in the ruling party...

SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe says President Edgar Lungu appoints people based on their competence to perform duties and that it is just a coincidence that he appointed permanent secretaries from only two regions. And Chipampe says whenever tribe becomes an issue for consideration, quality is compromised. On...