DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says there is no conflict between Zambia and Namibia following a shooting incident that occurred at Katima Mulilo Border Post involving Namibian police and some Zambians. In a ministerial statement, Wednesday, Lufuma said the two countries continued to enjoy a cordial relationship. "Let me begin by informing this August House that...

MINISTER of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali says his hands are tied and it is difficult for him to comment on what is happening at Zambia Airways because the company operates under the Industrial Development Corporation whose board chairperson is the Republican President. The minister adds that he is not privy to the latest information...

LANDS and Natural Resources Permanent Secretary Ndashe Yumba has apologised for contracting the Zambia Integrated Lands Management Information System (ZILMIS) at a huge cost when it has not delivered to the expectations of the people. And Yumba says ZILMIS is so bad that he had asked the Auditor General and Smart Zambia to identify some...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has directed Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu to issue a ministerial statement on Tuesday next week on the arrest of some PF members of parliament. This follows a point of order raised by leader of the opposition Brian Mundubile on whether Mwiimbu was in order...

ACK General Suppliers proprietor Ackson Tembo has refuted reports that his trucks, laden with Mukula logs, were been seized by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC). But ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe says documentation for the seized trucks indicate that they belong to ACK general dealers. On Wednesday, Chibwe disclosed that the Commission had intercepted and seized...

AGRICULTURE Minister Reuben Phiri says government will not engage local transporters to distribute farming inputs in the 2021/2022 agricultural season because it owes them huge arrears. Rendering a ministerial statement in Parliament, Wednesday, Phiri said government’s focus was to dismantle the debt before accumulating more arrears. “Madam Speaker, in addition to the suspension of supplementary...

MINISTER of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali says his hands are tied and it is difficult for him to comment on what is happening at Zambian Airways because the company operates under the Industrial Development Corporation whose board chairperson is the Republican President. The minister adds that he is not privy to the latest information...

LUSAKA Magistrate Alice Walusiku has sent New Labour Party leader Fresher Siwale back to detention after revoking his bail for failure to appear in court on three occasions. Magistrate Walusiku has, however, issued fresh bail conditions which Siwale has to meet before he can be released. In this matter, Siwale is alleged to have on...

The Chipata High Court has dismissed the election petition which was filed against Petauke Central member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda. Judge Ruth Chibbabuka, who is sitting in the Chipata High Court, dismissed the case on Wednesday, on grounds that the petitioner, Samson Phiri of the UPND, failed to comply with a court order...

MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima says the General Certificate of Education (GCE) will only be awarded to a candidate when subjects or grades passed meet the standards for the award of a school certificate. And Syakalima says out of the 124,171 candidates who sat for the 2021 GCE examination, only 4,496 obtained GCE Certificates. During...