FORMER agriculture minister Michael Katambo says the UPND government should give PF a pat on the back for the great things they did in the agriculture sector. And Katambo says individuals who are fraudulently obtaining FISP packages for true beneficiaries should face the wrath of the law. Last week, Police in Mambwe district of Eastern...

AUDITOR General Dr Dick Sichembe says his office will vigorously discharge the mandate bestowed upon it by the Constitution to ensure that all forms of mismanagement of public resources are exposed and dealt with accordingly. And Dr Sichembe says Zambia is eager to learn from Tanzania on how that country is dealing with mismanagement of...

A CORONER has returned a closed verdict, indicating that the 42-year-old woman who died at a Catholic priest's house in Lusaka's Kaunda Square died of natural causes. Delivering a verdict, Monday, Coroner Judith Chiyaika said Monica Mulenga died of natural causes due to sudden cardiac arrest. "I was aided by the doctor from Levy Teaching...

DISASTER Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) National Coordinator Dr Gabriel Pollen has written to acting Secretary to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa, asking him to help locate his predecessor, Chanda Kabwe, who has been summoned by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to respond to queries cited in the Auditor General’s report. And PAC has heard that DMMU...

KWACHA Constituency UPND losing candidate Charles Mulenga has submitted to the Lusaka High Court that he only spoke about former Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji's issue of not having a grade 12 certificate in court and at the police station. In his defence, Mulenga stated that the only thing he did was to report Malanji...

OIL Marketing Companies Association of Zambia (OMCAZ) president Dr Kafula Mubanga says the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will not immediately result in an increase in the price of fuel. In an interview, Dr Mubanga said the country had already procured enough fuel stock, adding that current external factors that might initiate a price increase...

GIVEN Lubinda Foundation Limited has sued Kamwala UPND ward councilor Mainda Simataa in the Lusaka High Court over a portion of land in the area. Simataa recently reported former Justice Minister Given Lubinda, who is also former Kabwata PF member of parliament, and another to the Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly being in possession of a...

FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine might cause an upward adjustment in fuel prices. And Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema is currently monitoring possible ripple effects the tensions in Ukraine could have on key global commodity prices. In an interview, Monday, Dr Musokotwane said although...

CARITAS Zambia has welcomed the suspension of issuance of mining licenses but has challenged the government to clean up all the loopholes surrounding the process. In an interview, Friday, Caritas Zambia executive director Eugene Kabilika urged the Ministry of Mines to be careful when issuing out licenses and ensure that they pay attention to the...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says Western Province requires urgent and rapid transformation in order to turn around economic fortunes to support government's developmental agenda. And Vice-President Nalumango says Western Province’s endowment in land and water and its proximity to huge markets in Angola, Congo DR and Namibia makes the province an ideal location for investment in...