Archive: 6 April 2022

6 Apr 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Govt, EU partner to boost Auditor General’s Office capacity

GOVERNMENT, in collaboration with the European Union, has launched a Twinning Project meant to provide support to the Office of the Auditor General. The project would see about €2 million of capacity and technical support […]

6 Apr 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

Parley Committee hears how Kasama Council spent K102,961 to build ablution block foundation

THE KASAMA Municipal Council yesterday struggled to explain to the Parliamentary Committee on Local Government Accounts how it spent K102,961 to build an ablution block foundation, when only a contract sum of K45,379 was awarded […]

6 Apr 2022 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Lawyers abandon Lubinda, Kapata, Tasila in mukula smuggling case against Diggers

A LAW firm, Ellis and Company, has withdrawn from acting for former justice minister Given Lubinda, former lands minister Jean Kapata and former president Edgar Lungu’s daughter, Tasila, in the Mukula smuggling matter in which […]

6 Apr 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Budget at risk of collapse – Sampa

MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says the 2022 budget is on the verge of collapse, because the expenditure side has outweighed the actualised revenues for the first quarter. In a statement, Tuesday, Sampa […]

6 Apr 2022 | Julia Malunga

Police warn, caution Tayali for using social media to ‘seduce’ soldiers to defy HH

POLICE spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says police have recorded a warn and caution statement from Chilufya Tayali for inciting to mutiny, alleging that he used social media to seduce persons serving in the Defence Force and […]

6 Apr 2022 | Julia Malunga

Stakeholders question DPP’s decision to enter nolle in Milingo’s theft case

CIVIL rights activist Chama Fumba, alias Pilato, says Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lillian Siyunyi should step down because she is not ready to prosecute cases involving her friends. And Governance Activist Brebner Changala says […]