FORMER works and supply minister Sylvia Chalikosa has wondered why it has taken so long to arrest former Ministers in the PF regime who were perceived to be corrupt. And PF member Bizwell Mutale has maintained that all former ministers in the PF government should undergo individual lifestyle audits in order to detach the party...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) executive director Maurice Nyambe says the failure by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to fully enforce the provisions of the Electoral Code of Conduct contributed to the high number of election petitions, which has resulted in the nullification of some PF parliamentary seats. On Monday, the Kasama High Court nullified...

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says UPND youths are within their rights to demand for the lifting of former president Edgar Lungu’s immunity. And Nkombo says he doubts the authenticity of the debt which PF claims is owed to local people because some "PF people" illegally obtained road contracts without actually getting...

THE Parliamentary Committee on Parastatal Bodies yesterday refused to accept ZESCO Limited's submission of responses to queries cited in the latest Auditor General’s report because company Managing Director Victor Mundende failed to appear. At the beginning of the meeting, the ZESCO management team suggested that the meeting be delayed as Mundende was running late and...

UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the party is happy with the nullification of some parliamentary seats because it proves that PF was indeed involved in electoral grand corruption during campaigns. And Mweetwa says the fight against corruption is not a political crusade. Speaking during a press briefing, Tuesday, Mweetwa said the nullification of seats should...

OIL Marketing Companies Association of Zambia (OMCAZ) president Dr Kafula Mubanga has called on government to consider taking a gradual approach to the removal of fuel subsidies. Commenting on Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane's remarks that government was considering removing subsidies as it was spending $26 million every month on fuel subsidies,...

FIRST Deputy Speaker Attractor Chisangano has reserved ruling on a point of order raised by Solwezi East UPND member of parliament Alex Katakwe on whether Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo is in order to be in the House following the nullification of his seat. And Chisangano has ordered Home Affairs and Internal Security...

THE complainant in a case in which Lusaka lawyer Mutemwa Mutemwa SC, his son and a police officer are charged with theft of US$800,000, has informed the court that he wants to withdraw the case. Businessman Lishandu Chinjenge wants to withdraw the case on the premise that Mutemwa SC is his lawyer and that the...

SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema retains full confidence in his economic advisor Jito Kayumba. Kayumba has recently come under the microscope for making a false declaration to Airtel that he sat on the Central Bank board. Speaking on Diamond TV, Monday, Bwalya said Kayumba...

WE LIVE in a crooked world. Whether we like it or not, this is the reality of life as we face it today. When we hear a statement from the Minister of Finance Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane stating that it’s impossible to resuscitate Indeni Oil Refinery because it requires a lot of money, we can only...