FORMER Lusaka Province minister Bowman Lusambo has again failed to take plea in a matter in which he is charged with five counts of corrupt acquisition of public property and possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Lusambo, who appeared before Lusaka magistrate Faides Hamaundu in the company of his wife Nancy, could...

SHIWANG'ANDU PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo says the PF will not be apologetic for the manner it dealt with suppliers and contractors. Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya recently said all erring contractors and suppliers who participated in the deliberate scheme to defraud the country would be blacklisted and precluded from conducting any business with government....

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama says government should avoid lending money directly to individuals or institutions but use outsourced creditors to avoid non-repayments. In an interview, Wednesday, Kanyama said government should outsource lending, through private entities which already had platforms and mechanisms for lending money and getting it back. “I am against government itself directly lending money...

ANTI corruption researcher and advocate Rueben Lifuka has observed that there is a weakness and haphazardness in the way the UPND government is approaching the fight against corruption so far. Commenting on Vice-President Mutale Nalumango's remarks that individuals who served in the previous regime must surrender all the funds they dubiously acquired, Lifuka said Non-Conviction...

ACTING UNZA School of Law Dean Dr Lungowe Matakala and Assistant Dean for undergraduate James Kayula have resigned with immediate effect in protest against Vice Chancellor Professor Luke Mumba’s mismanagement of the University. But when contacted, Prof Mumba declined to comment and referred all queries to the Registrar. According to sources within UNZA, the Law...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila says the only people defecting to UPND are businessmen who want “eat with them”. Commenting on UPND National Chairperson Stephen Katuka’s remarks that the party would not win the 2026 elections if it chased away new members, Mwila said nothing could entice someone to join UPND. He also said...

CHIEF government spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says it is unfair for people to judge UPND harshly only seven months after getting into office, arguing that it has actually done much more than PF did in 10 years. Reacting to former Lusaka Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu’s comment that he was not impressed because the pace at which everything...

PATRIOTIC Front central committee member Raphael Nakacinda has written to the United Nations Committee Against Torture and the Human Rights Commission over the alleged torture of former president Edgar Lungu's barber, Shebby Chilekwa. In a letter sated March 7, Nakacinda said Chilekwa was tortured to an extent of bleeding while urinating. "Information is in the...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has ruled that Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson Warren Mwambazi should recuse himself from presiding over the meetings if indeed he has an interest in one of the companies summoned by the committee. Speaker Mutti says Mwambazi, who is Bwana Mkubwa Independent member of parliament, can, however, continue...