FORMER vice-president Enock Kavindele has called on the UPND government to name and shame corrupt leaders from the previous regime so that the vice doesn't repeat itself. In an interview, Kavindele said Zambians were anxiously waiting for government to reveal the results of their investigations. He said it was unfair that people in the PF...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) executive director Maurice Nyambe says his organisation will help promote accountability in Zambia’s COVID-19 response in order to avoid last year's occurrence where K1.3 billion was mismanaged. And World Bank Country Director Dr Sahr Kpundeh says addressing corruption requires collective action amongst institutions of governance. Meanwhile, University Teaching Hospital (UTH) Director...

THIS is a delicate subject. We have to choose our words carefully if we’re to avoid being misunderstood. We also have to take special pains to ensure that our thoughts are in line with the teaching of Scripture. And the very first thing that needs to be said is that, biblically speaking, there is not...

UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda says PF is not in a position to complain about legal fees because the party was in government and has all the money one can think of. In an interview, Imenda said it was surprising that the UPND was being accused of trying to financially cripple the PF when the...

PF secretary general Davies Mwila says it is evident that there was an instruction to arrest Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) provisional Liquidator Milingo Lungu without investigations being concluded. Commenting on Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Siyunyi’s remarks that her office had studied Lungu’s docket and was in the process of preparing documentation to file in...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says it is not illegal for the Judicial Service Commission to advertise the position of Chief Justice, but there is need to put in place a legal framework which can guide how this will be done. But Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa has wondered why the UPND government is putting brakes on...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says the debt owed by Zesco for power purchases could be attributed to the low water levels following the onset of the drought period in 2014/15. Speaking in Parliament, Friday, Kapala said Zesco’s total debt stood at US$3.5 billion as of September 2021. “The Report of the Auditor General on Accounts...