WHEN we hear the Electoral Commission of Zambia insist that they are not obliged to disclose the assets declared by candidates in the August 12 general elections, we wonder in whose interest they are acting. In previous elections, citizens didn’t need to beg the Commission to get this information. What is so special about this...

BLACK Swan Media trading as Crown Television has told the Lusaka High Court that Chawama PF member of parliament Tasila Lungu is not entitled to any claims as the institution retracted its statement against her and tendered an apology. This is a matter in which Lungu has dragged Crown Television and three others to court...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the Public Order Act is among the pieces of legislation that will be reviewed. And Lukashya PF member of parliament George Chisanga says he will give the UPND a thumbs up if they actually go ahead and amend the POA. In an interview, Haimbe said the POA would support freedom...

DIRECTOR of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lilian Siyunyi says her office has studied Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu’s docket and is in the process of preparing documentation to file in court. And Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) public relations officer Mathias Kamanga says the Commission would not have arrested Lungu if it did not...

PF vice-president Given Lubinda says UPND's strategy to petition over 440 council election results was aimed at financially crippling the PF so that "all the little money" they have goes to legal fees. And Lubinda has questioned the legality of government’s decision to obtain a loan from the World Bank to build schools in the...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has argued that there is no provision under the current Constitution which subjects declared assets of presidential candidates to public inspection, as was the case in the 1996 Constitution. This is a matter in which Patriots for Economic Progress leader Sean Tembo petitioned the Constitutional Court over the ECZ’s...

THE African Union has chosen former republican president Edgar Lungu as its head of election observer mission in Kenya's elections next year. PF chairperson for information and publicity Raphael Nakacinda confirmed this in an interview, saying the party was confident that Lungu would execute his duties to the expectations of the citizens. He said Lungu...

THE United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has distributed 2,000 books and learning materials as well as digital resources to Zambia’s 12 Colleges of Education and university libraries. According to a statement issued by the US Embassy Zambia Press Office, Wednesday, USAID also provided computers and wireless internet access at 10 teacher-training institutions. “During...

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama says government should focus on holding discussions with Eurobond holders and Chinese creditors for a possibility of debt suspension or rescheduling. President Hakainde Hichilema recently announced that government had signed the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) with a number of lenders who include members of the Paris Club, Kuwait Fund, Saudi Fund,...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested five people for money laundering activities involving over K5,500,000. In a statement, Thursday, DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga said the commission arrested three people in North-Western province for stealing a Mixed Mineral Ore from Kansanshi Mines, trading in minerals without a permit and receiving various payments amounting...