CHIEF State Advocate in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Nkumbiza Mumba says her office delays to take some cases to court because of insufficient investigations. And Mumba says there are times when the office takes matters to court because of high public interest, even when they are not so confident of...

FOREIGN Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo says Rwandan President Paul Kagame will undertake a state visit to Zambia from 4th to 5th April. In a statement, Sunday, Kakubo said President Hakainde Hichilema and President Kagame were scheduled to hold bilateral talks which would be followed by signing of seven Memoranda of Understanding. “The...

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says Zambia's economy will improve by 2023, provided that there are no more external shocks. In an interview, Imenda said government had no control over external shocks. “It is a worldwide phenomenon. In economics, we call it an external shock. For us as a government, those are external shocks....

DON'T imagine fuel [prices] going up to K50 by end of this year, we are praying it won’t, says Vice-President Mutale Nalumango. The Vice-President was responding to a question from acting leader of the opposition in Parliament Davison Mung’andu on whether government was considering increasing civil servants’ salaries in view of the fuel increment. “Clearly,...

ENERGY Regulation Board Chairperson Reynolds Bowa says with the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, it is hard to predict when exactly the country might begin to experience stabilised fuel prices. And Petroleum Transporters Association of Zambia (PTAZ) president Benson Tembo says the increase in fuel prices is a disaster for transporters, calling for regulation...

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says the Ministry of Finance and National Planning has released funds towards the procurement of drugs and medical supplies, payment of dues to retirees, CDF, among others. In a statement, Sunday, Nkulukusa also said K169.3 million was released to facilitate the on-going implementation of the Social Cash Transfer Programme....

ZAMBIA Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) Board chairperson Dr Anna Chifungula says some of the directors at the institution who were involved in scandals have been asked to exculpate themselves. In February, the ZAMMSA Board resolved to send the entire agency management on forced leave, pending investigations of some serious anomalies at the institution,...

A LUSAKA man who absconded court on the pretext that he was dead has finally showed up in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court. Emmanuel Belama is charged with unlawful possession of prescribed trophies. Belama, unemployed, of Freedom Township, is jointly charged with three others. When the case came up before Lusaka resident magistrate Felix Kaoma in...

FORMER Tourism and Arts minister Ronald Chitotela has sued the State in the Lusaka High Court, seeking a declaration that the restriction notice dated March 22, 2022, issued by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over his property in State Lodge should be reversed. The Pambashe PF member of parliament also wants the court to order that...

SHANG’OMBO UPND member of Parliament Honourable Mubika Mubika says the UPND government has taken too long to ensure that suspected criminals from the previous regime are prosecuted. Honourable Mubika says as a consequence of this, a lot of those who took public resources to enrich themselves have hidden their loot and proceeds on crime. He...