Archive: 25 March 2022

25 Mar 2022 | Julia Malunga

D/Speaker directs Kakubo to give update on how Zambian students in Russia are coping

FIRST Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Attractor Chisangano has directed Minister of Foreign Affairs Stanley Kakubo to update the House on what government is doing regarding Zambian students in Russia who have been affected... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Julia Malunga

It’s vengeance, investigative wings don’t even believe in what they’re doing – Makebi

LUSAKA Lawyer Makebi Zulu says it is clear that investigative wings do not believe in what they were doing, but seemed to be carrying out someone else’s agenda. And Zulu who is former Eastern Province... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Philip Chisalu

IMF programme going through by June – Musokotwane

MINISTER of Finance and National Planning Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says debt resolution is one of the important tasks in the forthcoming 8th National Development Plan. And Dr Musokotwane says government is progressing well with the... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

Only thing govt can do about fuel prices is reintroducing subsidies – Mabumba

FORMER Energy Minister David Mabumba says the only way government can address the looming increment in fuel prices is by reintroducing subsidies. In an interview, Thursday, Mabumba said there was nothing much Zambia could do... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Chamuka Shalubala

Magistrate commits Mumbi, Shebby to High Court for murder trial

THE Kaoma Magistrates’ Court has committed former PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri and former president Edgar Lungu’s barber Shebby Chilekwa to the High Court for trial in a case in which they are charged... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

I’m doing my job accordingly and this irritates some people’s demons – Kawana

MINISTRY of Information Media Director and Spokesperson Thabo Kawana says people calling for his dismissal are doing it out of vindictiveness and pressure, adding that he is doing his job accordingly and this irritates “some... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

IMS speed camera project couldn’t continue because there was fraud – Tayali

MINISTER of Transport and Logistics Frank Tayali says the $110,782,500 speed camera contract did not yield its intended results because known individuals from the PF regime schemed to personally benefit from it. And Tayali says... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

There’s a mismatch between the actual drug situation and what’s being said – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says some drug supply challenges can be dealt with straightforwardly, while others require interrogation, adding that there appears to be a mismatch between what is obtaining on the ground and what is... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Under UPND, no corruption-accused minister will go to court in govt vehicle – Mweetwa

UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says his party will not vouch for any member who takes part in corrupt activities, because the new dawn government wants to root out the vice. In an interview, Mweetwa said... […]

25 Mar 2022 | Diggers Correspondent

RB’s family refutes Chilangwa’s claims that HH refused to evacuate him

THE family of the late fourth Republican president Rupiah Banda has refuted claims by acting PF secretary general Nickson Chilangwa that President Hakainde Hichilema refused to evacuate the former Head of State for specialised treatment.... […]