SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has announced that deputy government Chief Whip and Keembe UPND member of parliament Princess Kasune will replace government Chief Whip Stafford Mulusa as member of the Committee on Privileges and Absences. The appointment follows the Speaker's recent decision to strip Mulusa of his membership to the Committee on...

TOURISM Ministry Permanent Secretary Evans Muhanga says the AU advance party was impressed with Zambia's hotel facilities, insisting that the private sector will greatly benefit from the summit. In an interview, Muhanga said other than the hotels where delegates would be staying, government would also hire several vehicles from the private sector to help with...

USAID Administrator Samantha Power says it's important for President Hakainde Hichilema to continue encouraging feedback through freedom of expression, wondering where accountability can come from if leaders don't allow criticism. Asked about those who had continued to criticise President Hichilema in the name of freedom of speech during a USAID special interview on Prime TV,...

DRUG Enforcement Commission Director General Mary Chirwa says the Commission will not vacate the 15 seized flats which have been claimed by former president Edgar Lungu’s wife Esther because they are still under investigation. Last week, DEC announced that it had taken possession of 15 flats in Lusaka’s State Lodge area belonging to a person...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says it is not possible to have a good life without hard work. Speaking during the Diaspora Conference themed “Shifting Mindsets to Ignite Growth”, Wednesday, President Hichilema said if one had a good life without working hard, then they were cheating someone. "The theme has already been spoken about, ‘shifting mindsets to...

PF information and publicity chairperson Raphael Nakacinda says President Hakainde Hichilema's appetite to continue trotting the globe just "to take selfies with whites" is embarrassing. And Nakacinda says one of the reasons the UPND has not been able to attract defections is because it's clothed in deceit. Commenting on President Hichilema's remarks that when people...

UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda says National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Saboi Imboela is making sexual harassment allegations against the ruling party because she is bitter that she was not adopted. And Imenda says Imboela should just apply to rejoin UPND and they will consider her application. At a press briefing, Tuesday, Imboela alleged...

THE Joint Investigation Team (JIT) yesterday interrogated former lands minister Jean Kapata over the title deed PF holds in Chipoleka Forest. Updating journalists yesterday, Kapata's lawyer Tutwa Ngulube said his client informed the officers that she was not minister at the time the forest was de-gazzeted. "They were just asking about Chipoleka Forest and the...

PF PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Emmanuel Mwamba has described government's decision to engage private companies to evaluate and audit domestic arrears as highly suspicious, saying the process was not subjected to public or competitive procurement processes. But ActionAid Zambia has commended government's decision, saying this was long overdue given the tight fiscal space and unsustainable debt. Government...

THE matter in which former defence minister Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba is facing charges of conflict of interest, money laundering, among others, could not take off yesterday as the accused is reportedly unwell and admitted to the hospital. Mwamba was initially jointly charged with Adolphus Mubanga, a country representative for Curzon Global Limited. Mwamba was charged...