FORMER Minister of Justice Wynter Kabimba says if the UPND government does not want to work with Director of Public Prosecutions Lillian Siyunyi, they should talk to her in a civil manner. In an interview, Kabimba said late former president Michael Sata promoted Judge Sunday Nkonde because he was not comfortable having him as DPP,...

PF information and publicity chairperson Raphael Nakacinda says he has information that the Executive, led by President Hakainde Hichilema, had a meeting with former KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu where certain immunities were given to him after being persuaded to resign. But Presidential Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya has described Nakacinda's claims as nonsensical, saying the President...

MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe has lamented that the UPND administration inherited a mining sector which is in court and it cannot develop like that. And Kabuswe described some investors as notorious, saying their investment pronouncements do not match with their activities. At the 2022 Zambia Alternative Mining Policy Dialogue, Wednesday, Kabuswe said...

FORMER religious affairs minister Godfridah Sumaili has advised the UPND government to be an example of love and forgiveness, instead of remembering the negatives of the past. In an interview, Sumaili said there should be no vengeance. “And also speaking to the leadership of the government of the day, let them be an example of...

SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa says the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development came up with a bill totalling K35 million to conduct trainings with local authorities in readiness for the disbursement of Constituency Development Fund (CDF), which he refused to authorise. And Nkulukusa says an audit has revealed that the Ministry of...

THE Constitutional Court has overturned the High Court's decision to nullify Mutotwe Kafwaya's election and has since declared him as the duly elected Lunte PF member of parliament. And Kafwaya says the judgement gives him confidence in the country's judicial system. Constitutional Court judge Annie Sitali who delivered the judgement on behalf of four other...

OIL Marketing Companies Association of Zambia (OMCAZ) president Dr Kafula Mubanga says the association projects the price of fuel to reach K35 per litre in the next two months if government goes ahead to remove tax waivers. Commenting on the pronouncement by Energy Minister Peter Kapala that government would reintroduce tax waivers by the end...

POLICE in Ndola have arrested a 50-year-old man for impersonating Copperbelt Province Permanent Secretary Augustine Kasongo and going to different companies to ask for money. Copperbelt acting Police Commanding Officer Tresphord Kasale said the suspect, Tascious Mutale, had for several months been trooping to different companies and calling the proprietors of the said companies and...

PRESIDENTIAL Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema has never been bothered about getting paid. And Bwalya says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal has not stalled, adding that all parties have indicated willingness to discuss with government. Meanwhile, Bwalya says Zambians can’t afford the cost associated with renovating Nkwazi House. Speaking when he featured...

FORMER PF secretary general Davies Mwila has been removed as a party in a case in which the Patriotic Front is claiming damages over the alleged intimidation and harassment of its members. Lusaka High Court judge Charles Kafunda granted Mwila's application in which he asked to be substituted with the current PF secretary general in...