CHAMBESHI Water and Sewerage Company Managing Director Luckson Simumba yesterday struggled to explain how a contract awarded to Tomorrow Investment Limited to rehabilitate water supply and sanitation systems in Kaputa District at a contract sum of K27,648,979 was revised to K161,284,108. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) later heard that K137,235,259 has been paid to the...

FORMER health minister Dr Jonas Chanda has opposed government's decision to subject civil servants to mandatory vaccination as a pre-condition for being admitted at any work environment. Health Minister Sylvia Masebo also announced on Sunday that no one would be allowed to access government buildings without providing evidence of COVID-19 vaccination, effective November 30. In...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says the only pressure that President Hakainde Hichilema feels is that of delivering on the key commitments that he made to Zambians. In an interview, Tuesday, Bwalya said President Hichilema did not feel any pressure from his critics as his focus was delivering to the people. "The only pressure which the...

THIRTY four Malawian nationals who were serving prison sentences in Eastern and Muchinga provinces have been transferred to the Malawi Prison Service. This was in an exchange deal that saw 25 Zambians who were serving prison sentences in Malawi transferred to the Zambian Correctional Services. Zambia Correctional Service deputy Commissioner General Bwalya Kuyomba handed over...

FORMER Transport and Communications Permanent Secretary Misheck Lungu says government paid a deposit of US$ 3 million to Airbus and US$ 400,000 to ATR for the manufacturing of Zambia Airways planes. In an interview, Lungu explained that the agreement was still in effect and the money was a contribution to getting new planes for the...

GOVERNMENT says it is committed to providing counselling and support services to victims of violence and holding perpetrators of violence against children to account. Delivering her speech on Zambia's commitment to ending violence against children in Lusaka, Tuesday, Vice-President Mutale Nalumango said the country would put in place administrative, policy and legislative measures to ensure...

FORMER gender minister Elizabeth Phiri says PF is trying to choose a strong leader who can challenge the current ruling party in 2026. In an interview, Phiri said anyone who would be selected to lead the party would be supported. “Wherever there is rebranding of a grouping, in the end we will come out strong....

PRINCE Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika says voters should learn a lesson on the need to question politicians on how they will implement some of their campaign pledges before accepting the promises and voting for them. In an interview, Akashambatwa said nobody should have believed that Zambia’s economy would change overnight. “When people vote, they should ask...

WHENEVER President Hakainde Hichilema gets a chance to address government officials or to address the nation through the press, he talks about how bad things were under the Patriotic Front. He keeps saying the dirt and corrupt deals he has found in government is something that no Zambian would ever imagine. We understand his situation,...

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says although government can in certain circumstances take away people's rights when it's in public interest to do so, it has not done that. Giving an update on the COVID-19 situation, Tuesday, Masebo clarified that government had not taken citizens' rights away and they could choose to get vaccinated or not....