IF we see what is going on, we are worried, says former president Edgar Lungu. And Lungu, who is PF president, says there are people calling on government and President Hichilema to relook his belief in the One Zambia, One Nation motto because certain regions already feel ostracised. On Friday, Parliament elected Nelly Mutti, Attractor...

MONZE Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwimbu says his party did not bar opposition PF from nominating a candidate for the Speaker, First Deputy Speaker and Second Deputy Speaker positions. Commenting on Leader of the opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile's remarks that UPND was trying to kill the opposition, Mwiimbu said PF failed to...

KANCHIBIYA member of parliament Sunday Chanda says the 10 more votes that the PF got in Dundumwezi compared to the 2016 general elections is an improvement for the party. And Chanda says President Hakainde Hichilema has everything at his disposal to succeed as Head of State. In an interview, Sunday, Chanda said had former president...

PF MEMBER of Central Committee Paul Moonga says former ruling party members who intend to join the UPND have no principles, warning that they will still be arrested if they stole. In an interview, Moonga urged PF members to stay in the party. “Some members are weak and some have no principles. Some are fearing...

RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Brian Sampa says the trend of patients abruptly leaving health facilities against medical advice is an indication that the Ministry of Health is not providing quality health services. During a Covid-19 briefing recently, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama raised concern that...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says it was not part of the investigations which were done by the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) and the Zambia Revenue Authority on the fake COVID-19 vaccines imported by Valden Findlay. Meanwhile, governance activist Brebner Changala says the destruction of evidence by ZAMRA is a criminal matter. In an...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) general secretary Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says the church must be allowed to be independent because a weak, ignorant church is a danger to the country. In an interview, Thursday, Fr Chikoya said there was no need for politicians to be scared of the church. "There is no need for...

FORMER deputy education minister Clement Sinyinda says he does not think there is anyone who can convince the Zambian people to trust PF again. In an interview, Sinyinda said the entire PF top leadership needed to retire because they were accomplices to former president Edgar Lungu’s bad governance. “First of all, I totally agree that...

UNITED Nations (UN) resident coordinator in Zambia Coumba Mar Gadio has congratulated Zambia on the election of Nelly Mutti as the country’s first female Speaker of the National Assembly. In a statement, Sunday, Dr Gadio said the country needed to progress on various commitments which called for effective participation of women in decision making positions....

TO spend or not to spend public resources… ‘How much spending is too much?’ This has not only been a quagmire for the Zambian government and people, but also a bone of contention and a breeding ground for controversy in every passing leadership. With needs in the country continually rising and debt desperately needing to...