Archive: 7 January 2022

7 Jan 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

PF won’t support PPP concession agreement until price is revised – Mundubile

MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile has questioned the price at which the roads selected under the Public Private Partnership concession agreement for the development of the western corridor trade facilitation routes will be... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Turning Indeni into an Oil marketing company might not be the best – Mukanga

FORMER works and supply minister Yamfwa Mukanga says government should carry out investigations to understand the challenges at Indeni Oil Refinery before any transition process is done. Commenting on remarks by Energy Minister Peter Kapala... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Ban on the sale of uniforms should be countrywide, including private schools – NAQUEZ

NATIONAL Action for Quality Education in Zambia (NAQUEZ) executive director Aaron Chansa says the Ministry of Education should ensure that the ban on the sale of uniforms in public schools extends to all schools in... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

‘Crooked’ pastor gets 3 years for swindling people

A 37-YEAR-OLD pastor has been sentenced to three years imprisonment with hard labour for obtaining money from five people on pretext that he would provide free scholarships to study in Russia. In this matter, David... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

The media shouldn’t be praising HH when he wants to destroy PF – Chilangwa

PF acting secretary general Nickson Chilangwa says it is unfortunate that the media is praising and clapping for the UPND when they are trying to destroy democracy by attempting to weaken the PF through arrests... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Zambians expected things to get better immediately because UPND lied to them – Mwila

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the PF will use the UPND’s failure to deliver on its promises as an added advantage to win the 2026 general elections. In an interview, Mwila said the... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Daniel Chansa

We need to harmonise salaries in statutory bodies, junior officers can’t be getting K60,000 – Masebo

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has observed that most statutory bodies are good at increasing salaries and conditions of service for themselves, but they do not pay their statutory obligations. Masebo says she was shocked to... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Julia Malunga

Lubinda used a rhetorical statement, it wasn’t a confession of theft – PF

PF deputy media director Edwin Lifwekelo says the party acting president, Given Lubinda, did not confess or admit to any wrongdoing but simply used a rhetorical question to draw attention to the harsh effects of... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Mushimba under fire after suggesting that ‘ministers’ should never do business with govt

FORMER higher education minister Dr Brian Mushimba says people should choose between working for government and doing business, stressing that it is a serious conflict of interest for officials to conduct private business with the... […]

7 Jan 2022 | Diggers Editor

THE wailing from PF leaders has continued. This time, it’s originating from the party acting secretary general, Honourable Nickson Chilangwa. The man is crying about media houses, particularly News Diggers praising the UPND while it... […]