Archive: 14 December 2023

14 Dec 2023 | Laura Musukwa

Sinda youths close council offices over CDF dispute, as UPND SG condemns act

SINDA youths earlier this week closed down the Sinda Town Council offices after accusing the local authority of only awarding CDF contracts to Patriotic Front cadres. But UPND secretary General Batuke Imenda has condemned the... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Prudence Chota

It’s criminality if our cadres indeed assaulted EFF leader – UPND

SOCIALIST Party deputy Secretary General Antonio Mwanza says the UPND administration will be digging its own political grave the more it condones violence acts from its cadres. But UPND deputy Secretary General Getrude Imenda says... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Ulande Nkomesha

13 IDC subsidiaries incurred K5.6bn losses in 2022 – AG

THE Auditor General’s report on the Accounts of Parastatal Bodies and other Statutory Institutions for the financial year ended December 31, 2022, has revealed that the Industrial Development Cooperation (IDC) had not produced audited Consolidated... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Philip Chisalu

113 councils owing various institutions over K3.5bn – AG report

THE Report of the Auditor General on the Audit of Accounts of Local Authorities for the financial year ended 31st December 2022 has revealed that 113 councils owed various institutions amounts totalling over K3.5 billion.... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Taonga Tembo

Sureties appeal for more time to locate fugitive Kaizer

THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has yet again extended the return of a warrant of arrest issued against former president Edgar Lugu’s political advisor Kaizer Zulu to January 15, 2024. This was after Zulu’s sureties asked... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Zondiwe Mbewe

ACC takes Yo Maps’ Land Cruiser as probe continues

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has taken Yo Maps’ newly acquired Toyota Land Cruiser, following allegations that he does not own the vehicle. The Commission took the car yesterday, days after the singer was summoned for questioning... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Angela Muchinshi

Parley passes ATI Bill

THE National Assembly yesterday passed the Access to Information Bill and it is now awaiting Presidential assent. Debating the bill when it was at second reading, Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe said the enactment of the... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Ulande Nkomesha

ZRA records K4.5bn revenue collection deficit

ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Dingani Banda says the authority has recorded a K4.5 billion revenue collection deficit. Meanwhile, Banda has lamented that there is low compliance on Rental Income Tax, revealing that out... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Mwiche Nalwimba

PAC sends away local govt ministry, NRFA for giving inadequate answers

THE Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday sent away the Ministry of Local Government and the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA), telling them that their responses on queries regarding overpayment towards contracts were inadequate. The Auditor... […]

14 Dec 2023 | Mwiche Nalwimba

Umodzi Kum’mawa can break up the country – Milupi

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the Umodzi Kum’mawa grouping has the potential to disintegrate the country. And Milupi has charged that it is a political agenda being pushed by the PF... […]