ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says President Hakainde Hichilema doesn't seem to know what his responsibilities are, arguing that by visiting ministries, it shows that he wants to do the job of his ministers and PSs himself. Speaking when he visited the Ministry of Health, Thursday, President Hichilema said it should be normal to see...

VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says everyone should brace themselves for a difficult time because no one knows when the Russia and Ukraine war will end. And Vice-President Nalumango has insisted that government is still waiting for people who might have been involved in corrupt activities to voluntarily surrender their loot. Asked by Chama North PF member...

PF national youth chairperson Christopher Kang'ombe says the party needs new faces in its central committee because some members are inactive. And Kang'ombe says his plan to become Zambia's President is on course. Speaking during Smart Eagles' Round Table Talk programme, Friday, Kang'ombe said there were new faces which needed to be given space in...

MINISTRY of Green Economy and Environment Permanent Secretary John Msimuko says authority was granted to TIJEM Enterprise Limited to export Mukula because of a court order. In a letter dated November 26, 2021, Msimuko wrote to the chief executive officer for TIJEM Enterprise, informing the company that it had been granted authority to export Mukula...

MINISTRY of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Kennedy Kalunga says News Diggers Newspaper will fund the Access to Information (ATI) Bill consultation exercise. Last week, Kalunga announced that government had decided to take the bill to all 10 provinces for consultations. But some critics like Laura Miti argued that the decision would just result in...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Professor Luckson Kasonka says going forward, government will stop consuming medicines on credit. In an interview, Prof Kasonka said buying medicines in a haphazard fashion like it was done before would not continue. “We do hope that in the long term, issues of medicine will be history....

MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development permanent secretary Wisdom Bwalya says the release of Constituency Development Fund was delayed because government was trying to build fund management capacity. Meanwhile, Ministry of Information Media Director and spokesperson Thabo Kawana says it is wrong to insinuate that only former Ministers are being summoned by the Anti-Corruption...

MPOROKOSO PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile says the PF will only participate in the Constitution-making process if there is a higher standard than Bill 10. In an interview, Mundubile highlighted some of the stages the Constitution Amendment Bill number 10 went through before it was taken to Parliament. "On the Constitution-making process, the argument...

FOLLOWING government’s decision to advertise jobs for 11,276 medical personnel, President Hakainde Hichilema on Saturday took to social media and indicated that one did not need to have connections or pay any amount to be employed. In a Facebook post, President Hichilema’s comment attracted reactions including Democratic Party president Harry Kalaba who commented “This statement...

THE Ministry of Information and Media says the UPND government has decided to take the Access to Information (ATI) Bill to all 10 provinces in order to widen stakeholder consultation. According to ministry Permanent Secretary Kennedy Kalunga, the government is embracing a proposal by some stakeholders for more stakeholders to be consulted on the Bill...