LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says it would take government up to 40 years to clear the outstanding debt accrued from feeder and township road projects across the country, without undertaking any new projects. Delivering a ministerial statement in parliament, Tuesday, Nkombo said the actual amount being owed was yet to be...

PF member of the central committee Davies Mwila says party president Edgar Lungu wanted to leave his position but the central committee pleaded with him to stay on for a while. And Mwila says the central committee's decision to hold the general conference in June 2021 is final because the party does not want to...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has written to Tutwa Ngulube Advocates informing them that their client's documents are still being examined in a matter where former Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya is demanding US$50 million in damages over his “malicious prosecution". In an interview, ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe said the Commission wanted to examine...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says the power outages caused by technical faults on faulty lines will only come to an end when Zesco is well resourced and all repairs are done on the power lines. Responding to a question in Parliament from Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo on when the load shedding that...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says Mulungushi Textiles is a sleeping giant as it has potential to revive the economic activities in Central Province. And Central Province Minister Credo Nanjuwa says cotton production in the province has gone down due to poor pricing by cotton dealers. Speaking during the flagging off of cotton seed distribution in...

ACTING Defence Minister Mulambo Haimbe says government is only using military vehicles to ferry maize for the Food Reserve Agency from satellite depots to the main depots, and not to transport farming inputs under FISP. Responding to a question in Parliament from Lumezi independent member of parliament Munir Zulu on why government was using military...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says Zambia shares common values with South Africa such as respect for human rights and rule of law. Speaking when South African High Commissioner to Zambia George Twala paid a courtesy call on her at her office, Wednesday, Vice-President Nalumango said the country was learning from South Africa's adherence to transparency and...

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu has revealed that a board of inquiry has been constituted to investigate the cause of the accident on October 28 in which two correctional officers died. Speaking in Parliament, Wednesday, Mwiimbu said the accident involved three motor vehicles, including an official vehicle for Commissioner General Fredrick Chilukutu...

WHEN Patriotic Front members say that they performed exceptionally well in infrastructure development, the people of Zambia must pit that claim against the cost and the debt that they have left behind. After we do the math, then we can decide whether to clap for them or get angry at them. Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says people should not be surprised that he owns a poultry farm with 14,400 chickens, saying he should have had more of that had he not used the money "muku shanina". In an interview with Hot FM, Mwila bragged that he was getting K42,000 net pay as PF secretary...