SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe says President Edgar Lungu is not interested in time wasters who are questioning his eligibility. Last week, the Legal Resources Foundation petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking a declaration that President Lungu was not eligible for nomination for election as President in the upcoming...

FORMER Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the Statutory Instrument number 24 of 2021 under the Electricity Act of 2019 which was issued by government in April this year, is solely targeted at the Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC). And Dr Musokotwane says the action being taken to target CEC will have negative effects on investor...

FORMER NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has been acquitted by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a matter where he was charged with contempt of court. In her judgement, Lusaka Magistrate Nsunge Chanda said the State had failed to prove their case beyond reasonable and left gaps in their prosecution. In this matter, Kambwili was charged with...

PF media director Antonio Mwanza has ordered UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa to apologise to former Livestock and Fisheries Minister Prof Nkandu Luo for referring to her as a ‘Mr’ during a media briefing on Sunday. And Mwanza says Zambian’s should be wary of UPND’s desperation to get to State House because the opposition party is...

POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo has justified that a suspect may be detained beyond 48 hours before appearing before the courts if the police feel the suspect must not be released on police bond. Last week, Human Rights Commission chairperson Mudford Mwandenga raised concern on the continued “unlawful detention” of suspects by the police as it...

PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama says the Patriotic Front party cannot think so low as to buy off candidates just for political competition. And Chama says Vice-President Inonge Wina can give a lift to any person she feels fit to accompany her on a government programme. In an interview, Monday, Chama said UPND spokesperson...

PATRIOTIC Front Lusaka Province chairperson Kennedy Kamba says he will not retract his remarks where he called on all political party structures and cadres to treat constitutional lawyer John Sangwa as a political opponent. On Sunday, Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Abyudi Shonga demanded that Kamba withdraws the remarks issued against Sangwa, stating that...