GOVERNMENT has spent K10.1 billion on debt service in the last five months from January to May 2021, representing 20.2 percent of the total expenditure. According to a Treasury Brief, Friday, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba disclosed that government’s debt servicing remained elevated with a total of K10.1 billion paid out from a total...

CHOMA Central PF aspiring candidate Kenneth Moola says Southern Province now has an alternative to access development by voting for President Edgar Lungu in this year’s general elections. And Moola says the people of Choma Central no longer want former member of parliament Cornelius Mweetwa because he has been focusing on politics instead of development....

CHRISTIAN Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has noted that actions by the police contributed to the limiting of campaign space for political parties and unequal playing field. And CCMG has proposed that when campaigns resume, political parties should revert to rallies rather than door to door and road show events. Speaking at a media briefing on...

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama has expressed concern over government’s commitment to service the external debt. On Friday, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba disclosed that government spent K10.1 billion on debt service from January to May and of that amount, K8 billion was spent on domestic debt while K2.1 billion was spent on the external debt....

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama says 49 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, the highest so far. And Dr Malama has expressed optimism that the increasing number of positive cases will improve the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccines once the second dose arrives in the...

ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader Charles Milupi says the introduction of Statutory Instrument No. 24 is tantamount to expropriation. Commenting on Zesco’s recent statement that SI 24 would create a more liberalised and open electricity sector that enabled players in the sector to supply electricity to any customer on agreed and transparent terms,...