THE Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) has submitted to the Constitutional Court that it has not interfered with the judicial discharge of High Court judge Sunday Nkonde's functions by reopening Dr Fred M'membe's complaint in a case involving Post Newspapers Limited. JCC has submitted that it has the mandate to initiate the process of removal of...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has sent Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) Chief Executive Officer Mateyo Kaluba on forced leave. According to sources, Kaluba received a letter to that effect on Wednesday. "The President signed the letter sending Kaluba on forced leave yesterday. This is to pave way for investigations following his arrest by the ACC," said the...

JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says the estimated cost of the constitution review process is K45 million. Speaking on Hot FM's Beyond the Headlines, Wednesday, Haimbe said the estimated amount did not include holding a referendum. He said K5 million had already been allocated in the 2022 budget towards the process. "The Constitution review process will...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Dr George Magwende says most of the questionable instructions from higher offices were verbal, noting that the most powerful will never be found culpable in these circumstances. Dr Magwende was responding to a query cited in the Auditor General’s report which revealed that a supplier delivered KN-95 Face...

PARTY of National Unity and Progress (PNUP) president Highvie Hamududu says Parliament has become impotent and it is just a talk show because the constitutional framework does not allow it to hold the Executive accountable. Speaking during a debate dubbed "Voters Voice UPND: six months in office", Wednesday, Hamududu argued that the UNIP Parliament still...

PF disciplinary committee chairperson Tutwa Ngulube says some PF members attended the Women's Day celebrations because the decision to shun the event wasn't communicated to them on time. In an interview, Ngulube said it would be difficult to discipline anybody who attended the event because of the communication lapse. "My investigations have revealed that the...

Vice-President Mutale Nalumango says youths are at the heart of President Hakainde Hichilema. Launching the 2022 National Youth Indaba on behalf of President Hichilema, Wednesday, Vice-President Nalumango said the Head of State had not neglected the youths. "Let me assure you that, you the youths are the passion, the heartbeat of President Hakainde Hichilema. He...

MINISTER of Technology and Science Felix Mutati says government is working on establishing a cyber force which will be following up on issues of fraud. In an interview, Thursday, Mutati said government was doing all it could to bring fraud under control. “Our basic approach is one; ZICTA continues to carry out awareness campaigns on...

MINISTER of Local Government and Rural Development Gary Nkombo says he has headaches trying to sort out the mess PF left at his ministry, warning that he will not hesitate to expose some PF MPs who benefited from fraud in the road construction sector. And Nkombo says PF's policy of empowering youths with road contracts...

MISA Zambia chairperson Fr Barnabas Simatende says the reintroduction of the 16 percent VAT on Newspaper sales will have a negative effect on freedom of expression and access to information by the public. And ZRA corporate communications manager Topsy Sikalinda says the authority's duty is just to implement policies that are set by the government...