Archive: 6 October 2022

6 Oct 2022 | Valentina Daka

No one accessed K365m empowerment fund from 2022 budget, we were cleaning up CEEC – Mubanga

MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says no one has accessed any money from the K365 million allocated in the 2022 budget because his ministry was preoccupied with cleaning up CEEC in order... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Philip Chisalu

Protesting Kitwe enumerators submitted wrong bank details – Zamstats

ZAMBIA Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says the delay in paying protesting Kitwe census enumerators was due to their submission of wrong bank details. And Musepa says all the protesting enumerators were paid... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Esther Chisola

Malanji, Lusambo seek to join Kanengo’s case

JOSEPH Malanji and Bowman Lusambo have asked the Constitutional Court to join them to a matter in which Kabushi UPND aspiring candidate Bernard Kanengo is seeking an interpretation of whether the 21 days prescribed to... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Angela Muchinshi

It was hard to get breakthrough because abductors targeted those familiar to them – Mwiimbu

MINISTER of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu says the Police worked tirelessly to pursue abduction cases, but what complicated having a breakthrough was that the abductors targeted people who were familiar to them.... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Mwenya Mofya

DEC nabs Kalandanya, KBF, 3 others for money laundering activities involving over K6m

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has arrested Lusaka businessman Bwalya Kalandanya and four others for money laundering activities involving over K6 million. The Commission has further arrested Lusaka lawyer... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

Chitalu’s arrest a witch-hunt, it’ll end in tears – Lawyer

FORMER health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says his client will be vindicated, describing his arrest as a witch-hunt. And Ngulube, who also represents Honeybee, says the institution will drag government back to... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Philip Chisalu

HH acknowledges France’s support towards debt restructuring

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has thanked the French government for its support towards Zambia’s debt restructuring process. On the other hand, French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou has delivered President... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Ulande Nkomesha

As UNZA monk, I used to eat well because of meal allowances – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he used to eat well when he was a University of Zambia student because of meal allowances, arguing that “maybe that’s why the quality of education was better”. And President Hichilema... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Esther Chisola

Tayali denies assaulting female cop

ECONOMIC and Equity Party (EEP) leader Chilufya Tayali has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer. And magistrate Irene Phiri has granted Tayali, of Roma Township in... […]

6 Oct 2022 | Esther Chisola

4 suppliers ponder out-of-court settlement in fertiliser case

FOUR fertiliser suppliers have informed the Lusaka High Court that they are attempting to resolve the matter in which they are challenging the government’s decision to terminate the fertiliser tender out of court. The court has... […]