FORMER Zesco board chairperson Mbita Chitala says he did not allow Zesco to be used as a source of illicit funds meant to pay for Industrial Development Corporation's bloated salaries. In his book, entitled "CORPORATE CAPTURE: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ELECTRICITY MANAGEMENT IN ZAMBIA", Chitala said all actions of the IDC were unlawful because the...

CHIEF Justice Dr Mumba Malila says corrupt judicial officers are a grave inhibition to the fulfillment of justice. And Dr Malila says adjudicators should be open to criticism. Meanwhile, Dr Malila says the failure rate at Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) is distressing. Speaking during the inaugural Lucy Sichone Memorial Lecture dubbed "Access...

THE Ministry of Finance says government will soon present a bill to Parliament which will repeal and replace the Loans and Guarantees Act. And the Ministry says government's deal with the International Monetary Fund does not include any agreement to privatise any public entity. In a statement, Friday, the Ministry stated that in the 2022...

GOVERNANCE Activist and Chartered Environmentalist Rueben Lifuka has advised the UPND government to take timely action on Forest 27 by conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). Reacting to a News Diggers! Editorial titled “Govt should think twice before demolishing houses in Forest 27”, Lifuka expressed concern that the newspaper was aiding government in rescinding its...

PF national chairperson for women and gender Elizabeth Phiri says for the fight against corruption to be fair, every rich person in Zambia must be asked to explain their wealth regardless of which political party they belong to. Commenting on arrests of PF members, Phiri said if government was really interested in cleaning up, nothing...

NEWLY appointed Drug Enforcement Agency director general Mary Chirwa says DEC will be on the top of the map. In an interview, Saturday, Chirwa attributed her appointment and new assignment to God, saying it was for a purpose. "Of course I am waiting for the swearing in [ceremony] for me to confidently speak about the...

A Lusaka-based woman has pleaded with the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to jail her drug-addicted 17-year-old son, saying she has run out of ways in which she can help him reform at home. This is in a matter in which her son is charged with theft after he stole her phone which is valued at K1,200....

PF central committee member Davies Mwila says the establishment of the fast track court is targeted at convicting PF members. This claim from the Patriotic Front comes in the wake of an announcement made by Chief Justice Mumba Malila who said, during the ceremonial opening of the High Court criminal sessions for 2022, that the...