DRAMA yesterday characterised a Parliamentary Public Accounts (PAC) Committee hearing when former Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) national coordinator Chanda Kabwe finally made himself available for questioning after several failed attempts to summon him. And Kabwe says he is ready to pay the price and be arrested if PAC thinks he abused his authority...

DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director-General Mary Chirwa says she was not aware of the letter written by Solicitor General Marshal Muchende to Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Siyunyi in January, this year, as she had not joined the commission by then. A letter recently emerged in which Muchende, State Counsel, wrote to Siyunyi in January...

PF acting president Given Lubinda has joined other party officials in asking the Lusaka Magistrates' Court to refer his case to the Constitutional Court for determination on whether or not formation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Court was in conformity with the Constitution. Lubinda appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court on Tuesday on four...

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says it's not only youths who have contributed to the party, adding that even those considered to be old should be included in governance because institutional memory and experience are needed. And Imenda says UPND did not give timelines when making promises, adding that results for decisions being made...

THE Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank (ZIBC) has provided funding to the tune of K130,000 to Zed-Kidpreneur towards enhancing financial literacy in children. Speaking when he handed over the donation to Zed Kidprenuer in Lusaka, Tuesday, ZICB chief executive officer Ignatius Mwanza said the sponsorship would offer mentorship and financial literacy training to children aged 18...

GOVERNMENT says it is undertaking inspections to verify that each applicant has timber before an export permit is issued to them to avoid a trend where individuals would acquire permits without having the commodity. In a statement, Wednesday, Ministry of Green Economy and Environment permanent secretary John Msimuko said the measure would also enable the...

KBN TV chief executive officer Kennedy Mambwe has described theft of the television station's equipment as an assault on press freedom. Meanwhile, police say they are holding a security guard in connection to the theft of KBN equipment worth K260,000. Unknown people stormed KBN TV and stole studio equipment, laptops among other items in the...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has refuted PF information and publicity secretary Raphael Nakacinda's claims that it dispatched some officers to Kigali, Rwanda, to look for former president Edgar Lungu’s property. Featuring on a special programme on Hot Fm, Monday, Nakacinda alleged that the ACC had dispatched a number of officers to Kigali to investigate some properties...

SHIMABALA UPND ward Councillor John Mikaya has called for the dispatching of more wildlife officers to join the search for some lions which are on the loose in Kafue district, saying people in his area are living in fear. Meanwhile, Tourism and Arts Permanent Secretary Evans Muhanga says the Department of National Parks and Wildlife...

ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has told the Constitutional Court that Solicitor General Marshal Muchende guided the team which was negotiating with Milingo Lungu not to accept the issue of immunity sought by the former provisional liquidator, but to possibly engage the DPP and DEC for a plea bargain anchored on asset recovery. And Kabesha has...