FORMER commerce minister Bob Sichinga has urged President Hakainde Hichilema not to immediately fire all controlling officers yet because they need to account for how public resources were utilised in the previous regime. And Sichinga says President Hichilema needs a stable environment to ensure forensic examinations are legally and carefully done. In an interview, Sichinga...

ACTIONAID Zambia country director Nalucha Ziba says the revelations by the Financial Intelligence Centre about how a government entity awarded three contracts amounting to over US$30 million to an individual and two companies which presented falsified documents is a pure act of criminality. In an interview, Ziba said the revelation was an indication of how...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa has argued that the Constitutional Court has the requisite jurisdiction to determine the matter in which he is challenging its decision to award costs in his petition against ECZ and others. This is a matter in which Sangwa petitioned the ConCourt seeking an order to quash Section 30 of the Constitutional...

While HH, aka Bally, has very difficult years ahead of him in trying to fix the economy, tackling youth unemployment, creating jobs, paying off debt and rebuilding credibility of governance institutions among other things, it is corruption scandals under Edgar Lungu’s PF regime that will dominate the headlines; and depending on the decisions he makes,...

A 24-YEAR-OLD woman of Lusaka's Kanyama Compound has pleaded not guilty to the murder of her brother-in-law, Million Mbewe. This is a matter in which Hilda Chikoko is charged with murder, contrary to section 200 of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia. Chikoko is alleged to have stabbed her sister’s husband...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says his administration will never buy overpriced goods and services, stressing that no road will ever be constructed at US$1 million per kilometre. And President Hichilema has warned his newly appointed ministers to always remember that the Zambian people will be watching what they do in offices. Speaking when he appointed cabinet...

FORMER Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa has called on the UPND government to ensure that the Public Order Act is amended in a manner that will promote freedom of association and assembly. In an interview, Tuesday, Mwitwa reminded the UPND government of how they suffered at the hands of previous regimes. "One...

UPND Alliance chairperson Charles Milupi says PF was not ready to be in the opposition and they will have difficulties finding their feet in that capacity. Commenting on remarks by PF vice-president Given Lubinda that President Hakainde Hichilema was not ready to form government and was only ready to petition the election results, Milupi said...

POLICE in Lusaka have apprehended four suspects for allegedly collecting money at Intercity Bus Terminus and issuing receipts indicating 'UPND Intercity Security and Marketeers Community'. And Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba has directed Deputy Commissioners of Police to ensure that they devise mechanisms aimed at averting the harassment of members of the public in...