WYNTER Kabimba's Rainbow Party and the Patriotic Front have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for purposes of working together to win this year's general elections. And Rainbow Party deputy secretary general Robert Chikwetele says the party has decided to partner with PF as a change of government will spell doom and disaster for the country....

THE Attorney General has argued that a running mate is not required to be separately supported by 1,000 supporters or pay separate nomination fees since his or her votes are not independent from those cast for the Presidential candidate. And PF Presidential running mate, Prof Nkandu Luo has argued that the Electoral Process (general) amendment...

PF presidential running mate Professor Nkandu Luo says the ban on meal allowances has benefited a lot of students as many learning institutions are on loans and scholarships. And Prof Luo says the opposition has nothing to talk about besides discrediting her using the ban on student meal allowances. In 2019, government abolished meal allowances...

FORMER Minister of Community Development and Social Services Emerine Kabanshi has been granted K50,000 cash bail pending appeal by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. On Friday, Chief Resident Magistrate Lameck Mwale convicted and sentenced Kabanshi to two years simple imprisonment in a matter where she was facing charges of wilful failure to comply with the law...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia has asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss a petition in which lawyer Micheal Mutwena, is seeking an order to allow the PF to file nomination papers for another Presidential candidate. In this matter, Mutwena has petitioned the Constitutional Court for an order that ECZ should allow the PF to file...

INSPECTOR General of Police Kakoma Kanganja has warned that if political party groups engage in unruly or violent behaviour, water cannons and rubber bullets will be used to disperse them. Speaking in Chipata, Eastern Province where he held talks with Provincial Police Commissioner Gaza Lungu and other officers, Kanganja urged the men and women in...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says there shall be no campaign rallies allowed going forward in order to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. And the Commission says the 2021 general elections will go ahead as planned on August 12, adding that the possibility of postponing polls was reported out of context. On...

UPND chairperson for elections Gary Nkombo says Police Inspector General Kakoma Kanganja has failed to stop political violence being practiced by the PF. In an interview, Thursday, Nkombo said it was unfortunate that Kanganja refused to receive a letter from the UPND on the violence being practiced by the PF. He further said the party...

SENIOR Chief Kaputa of Kaputa District in Northern Province has advised traditional leaders to keep their political preferences a secret in order to avoid confusion among their subjects. In an interview, Chief Kaputa who is former House of Chiefs chairperson said it was shocking to still see some chiefs publicly endorsing political leaders when they...