INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing, and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says UPND government will not be dictated to by PF on infrastructure development because the former ruling party failed miserably. And Milupi says PF even borrowed from the National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA), revealing that government was now paying back K100 million per month. Commenting on remarks...

PF acting president Given Lubinda says the former ruling party is being compartmentalised because some people prematurely declared their intentions to contest for the presidency. And Lubinda says transitioning from being a ruling party to being in the opposition is not an easy thing. Speaking when he featured on Spring TV’s Crossfire, Monday, Lubinda said...

GOVERNANCE activist Brebnar Changala says ruling political parties become broke immediately after being voted out because they can no longer benefit from some perks which come with having power. Last week, President Hichilema said he wanted the UPND administration to separate public funds from political party funds, bragging that the ruling party managed to fund...

SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has reprimanded acting PF president Given Lubinda, in absentia, for issuing contemptuous remarks against her during a press conference in December last year. Lubinda is alleged to have said that "a social studies pupil is more informed than the current Speaker of the House". In her ruling, Speaker...

ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says the UPND administration is inadvisable. Speaking when he featured on Millennium Radio, Monday, Kabimba said Zambians should consider voting for the Economic Front in 2026. "The truth of the matter is [that] these are men and women who have no idea of running government, no idea of how government...

OUTGOING Swedish Ambassador to Zambia Anna Maj Hultgård says the celebrations she witnessed at President Hakainde Hichilema's inauguration ceremony will always remain with her. Delivering her farewell message to President Hichilema at State House, Tuesday, Ambassador Hultgård said the celebrations were testament of how important the voice and choices of the people mattered. "I would...

MINES and Mineral Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says the UPND government is not a puppet of anyone but is simply partnering with different people because "life is about networking". Commenting on Socialist Party leader Dr Fred M’membe's remarks that the UPND administration is a puppet regime, Kabuswe argued that no one was instructing government on...

THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced that President Hakainde Hichilema will undertake a State Visit to Kenya from June 15 to 16, at the invitation of his counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta. In a statement, Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Stanley Kakubo said during the visit, the two Presidents would...

FINANCE Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government is slightly off target of clinching the IMF programme by June. And Dr Musokotwane says Zambia has received an invitation to participate in the creditors meeting, which is being organised by the Paris Club, this Thursday. Speaking during a media briefing, Tuesday, Dr Musokotwane said talks with Zambia's...

THE land scandal involving a company that calls itself the National Housing Empowerment Fund (NHEF) makes very sad reading. Purchasing land is one of the wisest investments that one can make because it is an appreciating asset with low risks involved. Land appreciates because it is limited in supply; consequently, as the population increases, so...