A LOW voter turnout characterised yesterday's highly anticipated Kabwata by-elections. Most polling stations opened at exactly 06:00 hours but had less than 100 people in queues. A check at Chilenje’s main library found little activity, the same could be reported about Chilenje Community Hall where only 50 people had voted by 08:45 hours. At St...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss a matter in which the Patriotic Front, through its former secretary general Davies Mwila, sued the state claiming damages over the alleged intimidation and harassment of its members. The commission has submitted that investigative authorities should be allowed to carry out their...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila has wondered why the church cannot condemn President Hakainde Hichilema for the unnecessary foreign trips he has been undertaking. And Mwila says the continued persecution of senior PF members will not affect the process of choosing a credible party president at the general conference later this year. President Hichilema...

THE five Zambian farmers who were arrested and detained for farming in the Kasungu National Park in Malawi have been released from prison after intervention from the Zambian government. The 5 farmers of Chikwa village in Chief Zumwanda’s area of Lumezi district were arrested by the Malawi Wildlife Conservation for entering a protected area without...

SOME environmentalists and ordinary citizens have written to the Attorney General requesting the withdrawal of the approval and consent granted to Mwembeshi Resources Limited to commence mining activities in the Lower Zambezi National Park. In a letter dated February 3, 2022, lawyers from HH Ndhlovu & Co, who are representing the parties, said they had...

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says people lack understanding of how the inflation rate is measured and that is why they question why prices of goods are still high after a drop in inflation. In an interview, Thursday, Dr Musokotwane said there were so many factors which were considered when calculating inflation....

POLICE in Chipata have launched a manhunt against a man of Garden Compound who is alleged to have murdered his 30-year-old wife and set her body ablaze. The woman identified as Annie Miti, was allegedly killed by her husband Alick Banda, a businessman trading at Kaumbwe Market in Mchini Compound. The incident is alleged to...

CHAPTER One Foundation says according to the Judgement of the Court, the Speaker, Deputy Speakers, and ministers are still obliged to follow the Parliamentary and Ministerial Code of Conduct on the annual declaration of assets, liabilities, and sources of income to the standard set in the Code of Conduct. In a statement, Thursday, Chapter One...

MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says the challenge his ministry is facing is that most of those seeking empowerment want to immediately access finances even before being trained. In an interview, Thursday, Mubanga lamented that people go too used to getting handouts during the previous administration, but emphasised the need to work...

THE Water Resources Management Authority has warned of severe river floods in 3 districts of Western Province to be experienced between 1st to 25th February, 2022. The affected districts include Sioma, Nalolo and Namwala. In a statement, WARMA public relations officer Mubwina Nalwendo said the peak would be reached about February 4. “Section 8 (2)...