FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the former ruling party was credible enough to get the IMF deal but didn't want Zambians to suffer because of the conditions attached to the programme. Commenting on President Hakainde Hichilema’s remarks that the PF failed to get the IMF deal in seven years but his government managed...

POLICE in Lusaka have recorded a warn and caution statement from former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo for the offence of endangering safety, allegedly committed in 2015. And Leader of the opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile has described the arrest of Kampyongo as political persecution. In a statement, Wednesday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Kampyongo...

ANTI-Corruption Commission (ACC) senior legal and prosecutions officer Gloria Muyunda has described the conditions of service for most ACC workers as "pathetic". And Muyunda says the idea of seeking consent from the Director of Public Prosecutions before the commission can prosecute most corruption offences is cumbersome. Speaking at the Zambia Anti-Corruption Conference, during a panel...

MINISTRY of Home Affairs Deputy Director of Operations Whiteson Chavula yesterday struggled to explain to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) how amounts totaling K742,500 collected in respect of permits and fees went missing, as cited in the Auditor General’s report. According to the latest AG report, amounts totaling K1,100,050 were collected in respect of permits...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has cited the lack of adequate resources for investigative wings as one of the factors affecting the corruption fight and the rate at which cases are disposed of. Commenting on remarks by the ACC acting director general Silumesi Muchula that the commission received 222 reports of suspected corruption between January and...

THE Chipata High Court has heard how a 36-year-old man of Vwala village in Chief Chikuwe's area, Kasenengwa district, was tortured before he died hours later, after being accused of burning down a secret place for Nyau dancers called Dambwe. This is a matter in which Vwala village headman Kazunga Phiri and four other Nyau...

A PETAUKE businessman has dragged Petauke Central independent member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda and eight others to court, demanding K800,000 as damages over the alleged invasion and looting of his Pub and Grill in the district. Charles Nyanoka, the owner of Nyanoka Executive Pub and Grill has sued Banda, Patrick Nambeya, Lameck Chanda,...

PF vice-president Given Lubinda has instructed leader of the opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile to initiate the impeachment process for Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti. During a media briefing, Wednesday, Lubinda said Speaker Mutti breached the Constitution when she ruled that MPs whose seats were nullified would not take part in parliamentary business....

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says Permanent Secretaries will no longer be allowed to sit on parastatal boards effective January 1, 2022, pending law amendment. And Nkulukusa says government could consider closing the Development Bank of Zambia (DBZ) because it is costing a lot of money, however, it would be difficult to do so...

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa State Counsel disagrees with the ruling delivered by Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti which excludes MPs whose seats were nullified by the High Court from attending Parliamentary business. In a scathing assessment, Sangwa says the ruling defies logic, common sense and is undemocratic. Meanwhile, some affected PF members of...