MINISTRY of Finance permanent secretary Mukuli Chikuba says government, Lazard Freres a French firm and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are currently running debt numbers. Last year, the government awarded a US$5 million tender for the provision of advisory services in relation to its debt management to the French firm over a delivery period of...

ATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss for want of time, Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa’s petition in which he wants the court to order ECZ to amend the affidavit for presidential candidates and running mates to include the number of times the candidate has held office as President. According to the...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda has assured the nation that the COVID-19 vaccine currently being rolled out in the community has no negative impact on those with underlying medical conditions. And Dr Chanda says 81,459 people have been vaccinated in the country since the COVID-19 vaccination programme was launched. In a statement, Monday, Dr Chanda...

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says he looks forward to his contract renewal in the upcoming general elections. The President says the Kazungula Bridge will be operating up to 22:00hrs. Speaking when he officiated the launch of the Kazungula bridge, President Lungu said the Bridge was a significant milestone in the bilateral, regional and continental cooperation among...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says President Edgar Lungu is the easiest candidate to beat in this August elections. Commenting on Kabwe Central PF member of parliament Tutwa Ngulube’s remarks that it will not be easy to remove President Edgar Lungu from State House, Mucheleka charged that Ngulube was hallucinating. He further wondered what...

ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) chief electoral officer Patrick Nshindano has disclosed that the certified 2021 register of voters stands at 7,023,499. And Nshindano has announced that a total of 19 presidential candidates paid the K95,000 nomination fee. Speaking during a media briefing, Monday, Nshindano noted that only 43.2 percent voters managed to verify their...

FORMER National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili says the merging of the Zambia We Want and the UPND Alliance is laughable and alleged that it was formed out of bitterness and frustration. Speaking to journalists after a court appearance, Monday, Kambwili said the alliance would not last because it was made out of what...

CHIEF Justice Irene Mambilima says the justice system will only be respected if it is seen to act efficiently, displaying independence and impartiality to promote justice, transparency, accessibility, inclusiveness and equality in the administration of electoral justice. And Mambilima says judges must ensure that they protect the political rights of citizen as the “election frenzy”...

PARTIES in a matter in which governance activist Isaac Mwanza has petitioned the Constitutional Court to declare the Sesheke parliamentary seat vacant following the conviction and sentencing of the area member of parliament, have agreed to have the action discontinued. According to a consent notice of discontinuance filed in the Constitutional Court, the parties in...