Archive: 18 March 2022

18 Mar 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

There’s a lot of hypocrisy, people are saying good things but doing bad things – Lungu

FORMER president Edgar Lungu says there is a lot of hypocrisy because people are saying a lot good things and yet they are doing bad things. Meanwhile, President Hakainde Hichilema says leadership must be used […]

18 Mar 2022 | Daniel Chansa

Kitwe police nab 5 over riots

POLICE in Kitwe yesterday fought running battles with some chrome pickers who attempted to force their way into the slag dump commonly known as the Black Mountain. The riot left a Zambeef shop damaged and […]

18 Mar 2022 | Julia Malunga

Drugs have been in short supply for the last 5 years – Masebo

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the availability of essential medicines and medical supplies in the last five years has been low. Rendering a ministerial on the availability of medicines and medical supplies in public health […]

18 Mar 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Parliament has become an embarrassment – Chama

PF acting national chairperson Davies Chama says Parliament has become a circus and an embarrassment because people who were appointed to lead it don’t know what they are doing. Commenting on the suspension of 30 […]

18 Mar 2022 | Julia Malunga

Cancelling PF-signed drug supply contracts political pettiness – Wynter

ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says the UPND government’s decision to cancel all drug supply contracts which were signed by PF claiming that they were corrupt is political pettiness. Meanwhile, Kabimba says sitting Presidents must […]

18 Mar 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

Prices of cooking oil will continue rising – Chibumba

CRUSHERS and Edible Oil Refiners Association (CEDORA) director Aubrey Chibumba says cooking oil prices are expected to continue rising. In an interview, Thursday, Chibumba said the reintroduction of VAT on cooking oil was a major […]

18 Mar 2022 | Philip Chisalu

We’re coming from a legacy of careless spending – Haimbe

MINISTER of Justice Mulambo Haimbe says the new dawn government has done what it can in a limited fiscal space by allowing a 40 percent increment to the judiciary’s budget. Responding to a concern raised […]

18 Mar 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Give me a chance to clear my name before PAC, Mulenga asks Speaker

FORMER minister of youth, sport and child development Emmanuel Mulenga on Wednesday surprisingly appeared as an uninvited witness at Parliament grounds, requesting to be admitted to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) so that he could […]

18 Mar 2022 | Dorothy Chaponda

CEC files defence

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) has submitted that KCM, Zesco Limited and then Minister of Energy conspired to injure it and cause loss by damaging or destroying its business. CEC has also denied that KCM entered […]

18 Mar 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

RB was too nice to be a politician – Khama

FORMER Botswana president Ian Khama says Zambia’s fourth republican president Rupiah Bwezani Banda was too good to be a politician. And President Hakainde Hichilema says Zambians should celebrate Banda’s life by embracing peace and reconciliation. […]