EAST African Community (EAC) Secretary General Dr Peter Mathuki has called for the abolishment of visas and passports as requirements for one to travel to another country within the continent. In an interview on the sidelines of the African Union Mid-Year Summit, Dr Mathuki said an African should be able to travel to another country...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested seven people, countrywide, for trafficking in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. In a statement, Tuesday, DEC Public Relations Officer Mathias Kamanga stated that the Commission arrested a 44-year-old Ugandan national in Lusaka for trafficking in 7 Kilograms of methamphetamine, and a 25-year-old male of Chilenje for trafficking in...

A POLICE officer under the Paramilitary Battalion has narrated to Lusaka High Court how he woke up at UTH with a terrible headache and bandages on his face, only to be told that he was shot by a colleague during a drinking spree. Mubiana Wamunyima, 24, told the court that Pumulo Mulife, also a police...

THE State has submitted to the Constitutional Court that Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha is on firm ground to challenge the legality of the immunity agreement entered between former KCM provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu and DPP Lillian Siyunyi. This is a matter in which Lungu has petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking a declaration that the DPP,...

NAKONDE PF member of parliament Luka Simumba says sometimes, politicians forget where they are coming from once they get into power. And Simumba says the government will only be commended once the newly recruited teachers are added to the payroll. Commenting on Vice-President Mutale Nalumango's statement that opposition lawmakers must not paint a perception that...

COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) says it has taken a bold step together with ZESCO to firm up power supply arrangements to the mining industry on the Copperbelt, following the 13-year Bulk Supply Agreement (BSA) signed between the two companies. In a statement, Tuesday, CEC Board Chairman London Mwafulilwa described the agreement as mutually beneficial to...

UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says people who were used to getting free money without working are the ones propagating an idea that things are bad. And Mweetwa says there has never been a motion brought either at party or cabinet level to lift former president Edgar Lungu’s immunity. Meanwhile, Mweetwa says President Hakainde Hichilema has...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says it is confident that the Anti-Corruption Commission will dismiss UPND deputy secretary general Gertrude Imenda's suggestion that corruption has to be fought systematically, with old cases being dealt with first. And TI-Z has asked UPND not to abandon the promises they made to Zambians about their commitment to fighting corruption...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda has wondered why PF is agitated over declared assets, saying Ministers only declared what they acquired before being appointed. And Kasanda says government couldn’t have invited all PF members to the 4th African Union (AU) Mid-Year Coordination Summit because Zambia was only 57 seats. Commenting on PF vice president Given...

CONSTITUTIONAL Law expert Professor Muna Ndulo says it is disappointing that 58 years after independence, Zambia does not have a durable constitution. Meanwhile, Prof Ndulo says the Public Order Act needs to be amended to make it clear that one does not need permission from police to hold any event. Speaking on Hot FM’s Red...