MASAITI PF member of parliament Michael Katambo says it's shocking that he was dragged to court when he won the parliamentary seat by a landslide. This is a matter in which Masaiti UPND losing candidate Shevy Mukabila has petitioned Katambo's election on allegations of bribery, violence and intimidation. The petition is before Kitwe High Court...

FORMER Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president Eddie Mwitwa says investigative wings should extract as much information as possible from suspects in instances where they grant amnesty from prosecution to enable them investigate or prosecute other people connected to the matter. In an interview, Mwitwa agreed with sentiments that section 80 of the Anti-Corruption Act...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has insisted that his government will take money away from a small number of "big thieves" in Lusaka and disburse it to provinces and constituencies for development. And President Hichilema has told traditional leaders in Muchinga Province that the corruption crusade which is in motion is not tribal but meant to recover...

UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda has advised job seeking party members jobs to be patient, saying they will be rewarded accordingly in due course. Several members of the UPND have taken to social media to complain that jobs should not only go to people "with papers who never suffered for the party". Addressing their concerns...

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says no arrests have been made yet in a matter where an armed criminal shot dead a police officer, raped two female toll collectors and stole K38,425 in Kasama early this month. Rendering a ministerial statement in Parliament, Tuesday, Mwiimbu, however, said investigations had reached an advanced...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) says the Law Association of Zambia should suspend the practicing license for Lawyer Mutemwa Mutemwa SC, for suspected professional misconduct, pending full investigations into the matter where he is alleged to have stolen US$800,000. And TIZ has called on investigative wings to be extra vigilant as there is a possibility of...