INSPECTOR General of Police Lemmy Kajoba says secret agents will be deliberately deployed in various points of duty with the aim of combating corruption in the police service. And Kajoba has directed divisional commanders across the country to reduce the number of traffic snap check points as well as security check points. In a statement,...

A MINISTRY of Health audit of accounts for the financial year ended December 31, 2020 has revealed that a company, Tracon Construction and General Trading Ltd, delivered 30,000 SAR-Cov-2 Nucleic acid detection kits costing K9,435,000, five days before signing a contract. According to an interim management letter on the audit of accounts for the Ministry...

NEWLY appointed Local Government Minister Gary Nkombo says the holiday is over for political cadres who are patronising bus stations and markets. Speaking to Ministry of Local Government officials during an orientation meeting, Thursday, Nkombo said the PF government had made certain laws like the Market and Bus Stations Act moribund just to appease political...

HOUSE of Chiefs chairperson senior Chief Luembe says it will be unfortunate if government completely scraps off the Ministry Chiefs and Traditional Affairs because it's a direct link between government and communities. In an interview, Chief Luembe hoped President Hakainde Hichilema was "still working on it". “First of all, I would not say it has...

A CHOMA businessman has dragged Investrust Bank PLC to court over the wrongful seizure of various goods and a motor vehicle, all valued at over K900,000. According to a statement of claim filed in the Lusaka High Court recently, Kebby Zulu stated that on June 28, 2018, he obtained a loan facility of K400,000 from...

FORMER Second deputy Speaker and PF member Mwimba Malama says the future of PF depends on the installation of leaders with a good reputation, arguing that maintaining some of the current ones won't take the party anywhere. And Malama says he has noticed that ZNBC has not been serious about covering the opposition despite the...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has acquitted Chishimba Kambwili, his son Mwamba and three others in a case where they were facing 39 counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime, uttering a false document, among other charges. And Kambwili says the last four years have been painful for him from...

MMD president Nevers Mumba says it's premature for anyone to prejudge the performance of the new Cabinet based on the fact that some of the ministers served in previous governments. In an interview, Wednesday, Mumba said the new Cabinet should be given time to work and be assessed a few months from now. "I think...