FORMER Finance Minister Ng’andu Magande says President Hakainde Hichilema should discourage the notion of the Industrial Development Corporation investing in companies that make tiles, in an apparent reference to Marcopolo Tiles. And Magande says while he is happy that the new Cabinet represents all the regions of the country, he thinks a younger person should...

Newly-appointed Lands Minster Elijah Muchima says the illegal transactions by officers and some cartel in his ministry will come to an end. And Infrastructure and Development Minister Charles Milupi says his appointment has demonstrated that President Hakainde Hichilema appreciates the alliance partners. In an interview, Muchima said despite the Ministry of Lands being a key...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) says there is little doubt that PF had exerted pressure on the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) not to release their 2020 typology report. And TIZ says it is upsetting that politically exposed people and PF sympathisers had been at the centre of corruption and tax evasion as revealed by the said...

ECONOMIST Trevor Hambayi says government should consider giving an amnesty to those who stole, arguing that changing the currency to smoke them out can be an expensive venture and should therefore be a last resort. In an interview, Hambayi said investigative wings should be allowed to investigate any money laundering suspicions. “There are two sides...

THE NON-GOVERNMENTAL Gender Organisations' Coordinating Council (NGOCC) says government must consider setting up a Gender Commission as prescribed in the Gender Equity and Equality Act. And Mulenga says the UPND government is trying its best, but there is need for more women to be appointed to decision-making positions. In an interview, NGOCC chairperson Mary Mulenga...

NEWLY appointed Water Development and Sanitation Minister Mike Mposha says there is need to be transparent and efficient in the utilisation of government resources. And Mposha says workers must not sit in corners to discuss issues which almost divided the country. Speaking during an orientation meeting, Wednesday, Mposha advised workers to double their efforts and...

THE Health Professions Council of Zambia has been ordered to unconditionally restore Dr Brian Sampa's practicing license and to also pay him K101,000 for loss of income as well as legal costs, following a consent judgement entered into by the two parties. This is a matter in which Resident Doctors Association of Zambia president Dr...

A MINISTRY of Health audit of accounts for the financial year ended December 31, 2020 has revealed that the ministry spent amounts totaling K6,809,496.34 on activities that were not related to health services such as allowances for accompanying auditors on COVID-19 fieldwork as well as living allowances for health attaches. According to an interim management...

FORMER first lady Maureen Mwanawasa has been given a seven-day ultimatum in which to settle over K6 million debt owed to Finance Bank Zambia from a loan obtained in 2013. And the bank has asked the Lusaka High Court to issue a bankruptcy notice against her for failing to pay the said amount. In October...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says some realignments and creation of new ministries is subject to Parliament ratification. But Constitutional lawyer John Sangwa says President Hichilema breached the Constitution by swearing in ministers to non-existent offices, advising that only way to cure that nullity was for the said ministers to retake oath after Parliament approval. On Tuesday...