Parliament ratifies ACC board members, DG
Parliament has ratified the appointment of Musa Mwenye State Counsel and Gilbert Phiri as Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) board chairperson and director general respectively. Others whose appointments were ratified, Friday, are retired Judge Prisca Matimba Nyambe and Chad Muleza to serve as members of the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC), Irene Musonda Chongo Lamba, Dr Henry Bwanga Mbushi, and Dr O’brien Kaaba to serve as Chairperson and members of the Anti Corruption Commission board. The House also ratified the presidential appointments of Dr Pamela Towela Sambo, Reverend Emmanuel Chikoya, Tom Shamakamba, Laura Miti and Christine Chama to serve as vice chairperson and.......
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We warned about this debt, they said Bally will pay
IF someone approached you as a citizen of Zambia and asked you what you understand about the country’s debt situation and the solution that the UPND government has put in place, what would be your answer? The debt that Zambia has is not a UPND problem, that’s a given. It was inherited from the Patriotic Front regime. But the truth is that the party in power was voted for to precisely attend to this challenge, among other economic problems. The question is; have they laid out a clear debt dismantling plan outside their negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a bailout package which is only meant for balance of payment support? We are asking this on the backdrop of President Hakainde Hichilema’s assurance that nothing will stand in the way of the UPND government’s debt restructuring plan. Speaking during a meeting with MCC representatives, Tuesday, President Hichilema said the recently held meeting with Zambia’s creditors was a big achievement on the road towards reaching consensus around the debt issue. President HICHILEMA: “So we went earlier on to engage, as you know the country had defaulted before the election and we thought that was an indictment on us. And the first step we took was really, reach out to some debt sustainability initiative programme which I am sure you are aware of, your colleges are aware of, to stay any further defaults which are unmanaged, which is uncontrolled, I think we successfully did that. [We] moved on to the staff level programme with the IMF four months or so after forming government. Now we have to go to a full programme and we are pleased to indicate to you that.......
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Two army officers are being investigated for assaulting Luapula youths – Lufuma
MINISTER of Defence Ambrose Lufuma says the Zambia Army, concurrently with the Zambia Police Service, have instituted investigations into two army officers who assaulted Luapula youths in a video which went viral on social media. Recently, some Luapula youths filmed themselves hurling insults against the Head of State, arguing that he had failed to better their lives. The youths insulted President Hakainde Hichilema and his mother. And in another video, some army officers were seen slapping and kicking the youths…….
Freedom of Conscience, Free Speech and Social Media: How to deal with Harmful Speech and Protect Free Speech
Zambia has a huge underclass – a large army of impoverished out of school, unemployed youths hungrily loitering in our villages, towns and cities, in all our provinces. Zambia is rich with an adult population that is willing to work either as employees or self-employed but neither opportunities are available. Many of the unemployed Zambians are educated. The majority have completed secondary school. Many have college certificates. Many have university degrees too. Many unemployed young and old people have given....
