THE Attorney General has applied to join the matter in which Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa has petitioned the Constitutional Court to order the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to amend the affidavit for presidential candidates and running mates to include the number of times the candidate has held office as President as required by Article...

WORKS and Supply Minister Sylvia Chalikosa says she was disappointed when she leanrnt that she was not among PF MPs adopted to recontest their seats. Reacting to the Central Committee’s decision to drop her, Chalikosa however, said she had accepted the adoptions and would support the party’s choice. She hoped that going forward, members of...

ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says the lining up of residents for food is a writing on the wall that government has failed to lead the people. On Tuesday, hundreds of citizens lined up for mealie meal at the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) offices in Lusaka. But in an interview, Archbishop Mpundu said the same...

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says it is misleading for Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube to claim that donors will withdraw their aid if the ruling party is voted out of power. Commenting on Ngulube’s remarks that it would be disastrous for Zambia if the Patriotic Front lost elections, Imenda said Ngulube...

AGRICULTURE Minister Micheal Katambo says the country has recorded the highest ever maize production during the 2020-2021 agricultural season. Speaking when announcing the crop focus results, Wednesday, Katambo said the maize production for this agricultural season was projected to increase to 3,620,244 metric tonnes from 3,387,469 metric tonnes produced last season. He attributed the maize...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) faction interim president Josephs Akafumba says Chishimba Kambwili’s relevance to the PF will be to attack opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema and his party. The other NDC faction is led by 'acting president' Saboi Imboela. But Akafumba says it is contemptuous for Imboela to claim that she is the NDC president. Speaking...

A FORMER Zambia Air Force driver has sued the Attorney General over his unlawful dismissal which occurred following an illness. Alexander Katowa is seeking a declaration that his dismissal was unfair and wrongful, among other claims. Katowa is also claiming damages for unfair dismissal and mental anguish, payment of terminal benefits for the period he...

KANCHIBIYA Constituency PF aspiring members of parliament Sunday Chanda says President Edgar Lungu is a good example of a leader who does not want to see violence in the country regardless of who the perpetrators are. And Chanda, who is also PF media director, says the party has no doubt that the police will be...

POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo says no police officer would have been injured during the clash between PF cadres and the police on Saturday if they were all in the newly procured armoured vehicles. Speaking on Hot FM Red Hot Breakfast show, Monday, Katongo said people should stop politicising the procurement of police armoured vehicles and...

THE Constitutional Court has thrown out a matter in which Katuba UPND member of parliament Aubrey Kapalasa and another petitioned it for an interpretation of certain provisions in the current Constitution on whether President Edgar Lungu is eligible to contest the August election. The court dismissed the petition on ground that the matter was already...