CHAPTER One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde says there is nothing wrong with the multiple UPND parliamentary petitions before the courts of law because democracy entails that the will of the people must always prevail. And Kasonde says despite the high expectations, people should exercise patience with the new administration because there are so many...

PF deputy national chairperson Davies Chama says President Hakainde Hichilema will be wasting time trying to institute a fast-track court for corruption, arguing that former ministers had no capability to steal. Commenting on President Hichilema’s remarks that his government would introduce specialised fast-track stolen assets recovery mechanisms and courts for corruption and economic crimes, Chama...

TRANSPARENCY International vice chairperson Rueben Lifuka says there is need for law enforcement agencies like the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) to collaborate with investigative wings in other countries to ensure that looted assets are traced and recovered. And Lifuka says the private media played an important role in revealing the...

CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa says he fears that President Hakainde Hichilema will become a de facto life president as he is being treated like a saviour following his promise to revive the economy, among other reasons. And Sangwa predicts that if President Hichilema meets the will of the people, debates about the need to extend...

FORMER presidential affairs minister Freedom Sikazwe says people are still shocked that the Patriotic Front lost the general elections. And Sikwaze says he is still trying to reflect on what went wrong because he doesn’t understand what hit PF in his constituency. In an interview, Sikazwe said people in Mpulungu constituency were still wondering who...

ALLIANCE for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says Zambians need to ensure that the UPND government does not follow the path that was taken by the PF of suppressing citizens' rights. Speaking during the Election Analysis discussion organised by News Diggers! Prime TV and Chapter One Foundation, Thursday, Miti said citizens needed to...

AN assistant presiding officer has told the Local Government Elections Tribunal that he was given 3,000 pre-marked ballot papers by Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, commonly known as GBM, to stuff into ballot boxes for the mayoral elections at Lusaka’s Matero Community hall. He also told the tribunal that he, together with the senior presiding officer, did...

PATRIOTIC Front national chairperson Samuel Mukupa says he has immensely contributed to the party and time has now come for him to hand over to "fresh legs". In an interview, Mukupa said it was time for other people to take up the leadership in the party. “We are rebranding and it means bringing newness. We...

FOUNDATION for Democracy Process (FODEP) says President Hakainde Hichilema's decision to swear in Ministers before the newly introduced Ministries are ratified by Parliament is not fatal because it's curable. In an interview, FODEP executive director George Chimembe said President Hichilema "cured" the problem by directing the Ministers in the new ministries not to execute any...

UPND deputy secretary general Patrick Mucheleka says the PF should be the last ones to complain about ZNBC’s coverage. Commenting on former second deputy speaker and PF member Mwimba Malama’s remarks that ZNBC had not been serious about covering the opposition despite the President’s assurance that the media would operate freely under his government, Mucheleka...