SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has directed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations Stanley Kakubo to issue a ministerial statement to the House next week on the on-going war between Ukraine and Russia and state Zambia’s position on the same. During business in the House, Thursday, Matero PF member of parliament Miles...

DEMOCRATIC Party leader Harry Kalaba says it will be up to Russia to decide whether to impose restrictions on the country following Zambia’s decision to vote for the United Nation's resolution to reprimand that country for invading Ukraine. On Wednesday, during a rare emergency session called by the United Nations Security Council, 141 countries, including...

TEACHERS who were deployed between 2017 and 2021 yesterday staged a protest, demanding to be placed on payroll. Meanwhile, the government has assured the protesting teachers that they will all be placed on payroll in the next two months. The teachers marched from the Ministry of Education to State House, seeking an audience with President...

UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says only Zambians who are harbouring a lot of malice do not understand the recent fuel price increment. In an interview, Mweetwa said the conflict between Russia and Ukraine was negatively affecting the world economy and, therefore, it would be malicious to argue that it's the UPND government which is causing...

THE Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ) has urged government to go further than patching potholes by rehabilitating roads which have become dangerous. Chief Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda recently disclosed that the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA) had released K4.5 million to the Road Development Agency (RDA) to fix potholes on some roads. And in an...

THE Alliance for Community Action (ACA) has proposed a suspension of the implementation of the recently launched Constituency Development Fund Guidelines until the law is amended to make them conform to it. In a statement, Wednesday, ACA information and advocacy officer Andrew Banda stated that for CDF to be more effective, it required government to...

GOVERNMENT has urged members of the public to familiarise themselves with the proposals made by the Zambia Law Development Commission (ZLDC) to amend some provisions in the Penal Code so that they debate from an informed perspective. And government says it has no intention to legalise homosexuality in Zambia as the Constitution is clear on...

THE Lundazi Magistrates' Court has sentenced a former Chama District Council Secretary and two Constituency Development Fund committee chairpersons to 24 months simple imprisonment for corruption involving over K700,000. Meanwhile, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Chipata has arrested and charged two Judiciary officials for corruption. In a statement, Thursday, ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe stated that...

FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the country had to go to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) because it had created its own problems in terms of unbearable debt contraction. Speaking when a delegation of members of parliament and other officials from Tanzania paid a courtesy call on him, Thursday, Dr Musokotwane said Zambia's economic...

PF Media Director Antonio Mwanza says President Hichilema doesn't seem to like anyone below the age of 35 judging by his appointments. And Mwanza has wondered how the UPND administration will employ over 11,000 health workers when they have failed to employ 800 doctors. Meanwhile, Mwanza says some Cabinet ministers are refusing to move into...