THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit in Lusaka, has arrested Kwacha PF Member of Parliament Joseph Malanji for money laundering activities involving K10 million and $700,000. And DEC has seized Malanji’s Gibson Royal Hotel in Kitwe together with two of his helicopters which are currently in South Africa, and arrangements...

POLICE spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says the Zambia Police Service will not continue pleading with people who are illegally owning firearms but will simply work on ensuring that they are retrieved. And Hamoonga says police will not hesitate to arrest individuals owning homemade guns because they are not authorised. Speaking when he featured on Parliament TV,...

Workers' Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) says the vehicles which it purchased were meant for the institution, and not for any political party. In a viral audio recently, a whistleblower narrated that the Board purchased vehicles meant for PF officials. “These are some of the, as per Zambian language, abandoned vehicles. These vehicles have been...

MINISTER of Agriculture Mtolo Phiri has asked millers to take advantage of the good maize price being offered by the Food Reserve Agency so that mealie meal prices are stabilised. In an interview, Wednesday, Mtolo said there was no need for mealie meal prices to be high at the moment because government, through FRA, was...

HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the UPND government is committed to ensuring that resources are available for all vaccines, including polio. And UNICEF representative to Zambia Noala Skinner says her organisation has procured over 5.9 million doses of the polio vaccine for Zambia, to cover the first and second rounds. Speaking on behalf of Minister...

MINISTER of Energy Peter Kapala says prices of crude oil on the international market are expected to remain high beyond March 2022. Addressing the media, Wednesday, Kapala said the increase in prices of crude oil and finished petroleum products was caused by robust demand against strained supply following the geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine....

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda says her government has not diverted any funds meant for drugs to fund free education as alleged in some sections of the media. In a statement, Wednesday, Kasanda said the government had adequately funded hospitals ever since it took office. “Government has not diverted any funds meant for the purchase...

THE Lusaka Magistrates' Court has found former president Edgar Lungu's press aide Amos Chanda and two others with a case to answer in a matter in which they are charged with three counts of using insulting language and obstructing Anti-Corruption Commission officers. In a ruling yesterday, Lusaka Chief Resident Magistrate Dominic Makalicha said the ACC...

UPND national chairperson Stephen Katuka says former president Edgar Lungu does not qualify to be called father of the nation because he is the worst Head of State Zambia has ever had. Commenting on former national guidance and religious affairs minister Godfridah Sumaili's remarks that Lungu should be given the respect he deserves because he...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced that the Continuous Voter Registration exercise will commence on June 1, this year. In a statement, Wednesday, ECZ acting corporate affairs manager Sylvia Bwalya said the Commission had earlier planned to commence the exercise on April 1 but changed the date due to the upcoming Mongu Mayoral...