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    17 November 2022

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    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Philip Chisalu

    Govt refutes claims that Kamwala Remand Prison has been sold 

    GOVERNMENT has refuted social media claims that the land where Kamwala Remand Prison is sitting has been sold to an investor who plans to erect a shopping mall there. Minister of Home Affairs Jack Mwiimbu recently told Parliament that government had closed the said prison because of its inhabitable condition, adding that all inmates would...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Ulande Nkomesha

    DEC is lying, it’s targeting selected individuals – Lawyer

    LUSAKA lawyer Jonas Zimba says the Drug Enforcement Commission was lying when it stated that it only focuses on illegal money and properties, not individuals. And Zimba says he disagrees with Chapter One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde's views that DEC was within the law to investigate former president Edgar Lungu because immunity only applied to...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Philip Chisalu

    New Zesco connection fees will be effected on Jan 1 – Govt

    THE Energy Regulation Board (ERB) says it has considered Zesco’s application to revise connection fees and it is now in consultation with government on the same. And Energy Minister Peter Kapala says once approved, the new connection fees may be effected on January 1, 2023. Earlier this year, ERB invited comments from the public on...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Ulande Nkomesha

    Some police officers are doing things to appease ruling party, regrets Mweetwa

    UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says there are people in the Police Service and government institutions who want to do things to appease the ruling party at the expense of respecting people's fundamental freedoms and liberties. And Mweetwa says the ruling party is taken aback by certain actions of the police. Speaking when he featured on...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Philip Chisalu

    Police nab Mpulungu man for attempting to sell daughter

    POLICE in Mpulungu have arrested a 32-year-old man for attempting to sell his four-year-old daughter at K130, 000. In a statement, Tuesday, Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Kalumba Chipili allegedly tricked his former wife that he wanted to start staying with their daughter after he was informed by an unknown person that there was a...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Nakaonga Nakaonga

    Deal with erring motorists in the open, govt tells traffic officers

    THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says fighting corruption in the road traffic sector will continue being problematic as long as the process of paying fines remains mysterious and not user-friendly. And government has directed the Zambia Police Service to ensure that all traffic officers deal with erring motorists in the open instead of in secluded places...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Philip Chisalu

    Nkulukusa attributes treasury bills oversubscription to improved investor confidence

    SECRETARY to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa has attributed the oversubscription to Bank of Zambia treasury bills to improved investor confidence in the country. The BOZ treasury bill auction last week was oversubscribed after receiving bids amounting to over K2.44 billion against an offer of K2 billion. In an interview, Thursday, Nkulukusa said due to the...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Mwenya Mofya

    PAC hears how K2.3m was illegally loaned to N/W province youths

    THE Office of the President in North-Western Province yesterday struggled to explain to the Public Accounts Committee why empowerment loans totalling K2,308,000 were irregularly awarded to 117 youth groups. And the Committee has heard that loans totalling K4,626,690 disbursed to 216 youth groups were not recovered as at June 30, 2022. The latest Auditor General’s...
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Nakaonga Nakaonga

    It’s hypocritical to ask people to be open with a govt which rides on praise – Brebner 

    CIVIL rights activist Brebner Changala has described the President's recent call for stakeholders to be open with his government as pure hypocrisy, arguing that UPND doesn't entertain criticism. President Hakainde Hichilema recently urged cooperating partners and stakeholders to openly tell governments about things which are not being well, instead of saying things “in the loo”....
    • 17 Nov 2022
    • Ulande Nkomesha

    PF didn’t apply fairness in MoH recruitment – Masebo

    HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the PF was running the country in an unfair, hangover manner. And former health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says government should stop looking at civil servants as cadres. Debating the Public Service Management Division's estimates of expenditure, Masebo said the recruitment process was unfairly done during PF's time. "When you...
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