LUSAKA Lawyer Sakwiba Sikota says there is need to address the issue of prolonged seizure of properties by law enforcement agencies if government is indeed upholding the rule of law. And Sikota has backed the proposal by Chapter One Foundation for government to repeal all criminal defamation laws in Zambia. In an interview, Sikota advised government...

FORMER secretary to cabinet Leslie Mbula says he has sensed jealousy among the opposition because of what President Hakainde Hichilema is doing to revive the economy. Commenting on the UPND's two years in office, Mbula said despite having inherited a "rotten" system, President Hichilema had been working tirelessly to ensure economic recovery. “I can say...

HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Honourable Jack Mwiimbu says no government official or State House staff is linked to the US$5,697,700 which was seized on a private jet at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on Monday. The minister who was officially speaking for the first time since the scandal happened told journalists, Wednesday, that the...

GOVERNANCE activist Rueben Lifuka says government should be resolved in ensuring that Zambia is not used as a transit point for organised crime like gold smuggling. And Lifuka says the delay to make decisions aimed at restoring sanity in the mining sector is leading to the erosion of public trust that minerals will be protected....

THE Road Development Agency (RDA) has observed that most truck drivers lack adequate knowledge about the maximum weights permissible for transportation on public roads. Speaking to journalists before touring the Kafue weighbridge, Tuesday, RDA Acting Corporate Affairs Manager Anthony Mulowa said it was for this reason that the agency had embarked on a nationwide campaign...

COMMERCE, Trade and Industry Minister Chipoka Mulenga on Tuesday told former transport and logistics minister Mutotwe Kafwaya that his party, the Patriotic Front, would have concealed the private jet scandal if they were still in office. But Kafwaya says Mulenga is over stepping his mandate by commenting on matters which should be handled by the...

NDC leader Saboi Imboela has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that her Facebook posts which are said to be defamatory in nature were not about State House Chief Communications Specialist, Clayson Hamasaka. Imboela says she has never been in a fight with Hamasaka, adding that there are actually five people in UPND who go by...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says government will institute an audit in order to ascertain the real cost of the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (KKIA). Recently, former housing and infrastructure minister Ronald Chitotela said MMD leader Nevers Mumba’s suggestion that KKIA must be audited did not make sense because it had never...

A News Diggers investigation has revealed that four Zambian businessmen namely, Sedrick Kasanda, Jim Belemu, Oswald Diangamo and commercial pilot Patrick Kawanu have been arrested in connection with a foiled gold scam involving US$5.7 million which was intercepted by the Drug Enforcement Commission at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on Monday. Sources explained that Kasanda, who...

CHIEF Government Spokesperson Chushi Kasanda has apologised to citizens if they feel offended by any statements that have been made by ministers or government officials. And Kasanda says Cabinet Office is producing a handbook for communication which all government officials will use in an effort to ensure more coordinated communication. Meanwhile, Kasanda says the UPND government...