IN this leaked audio, immediate past Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) acting Director General Rosemary Khuzwayo is heard directing investigators to arrest former Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya even if they had not conducted an investigation to establish evidence, saying some arrests and prosecutions need to be made in order to stop the public from making noice....

A NEWS DIGGERS Investigation has revealed that former ZNBC broadcaster Faith Musonda’s company OCK Investment limited owns the house in which police found K65.3 million and US$57,000 last month. The investigation has also revealed that the money which was found in the house can be traced to the Bank of Zambia, even though the circumstances...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has been accused of sanctioning illegal and unilateral decisions made by Energy Regulation Board (ERB) board chairperson Monde Kabwela. Some ERB officials who spoke on conditions of anonymity said Kapala has given instructions to the board that all his directives, verbal or written, issued through Kabwela must be adhered to without...

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says the Lusaka City Council owes over K1 billion in statutory debt as at 31st July 2021. Speaking during the installation ceremony for the new Mayor of Lusaka, Chilando Chitangala, Nkombo said the amount which was owed by the council was choking its ability to provide the...

THE Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has revealed that in 2020, a government entity awarded three contracts amounting to over US$30 million to an individual and two companies which presented falsified documents to show that they were qualified when in fact not. And the FIC says in the same year, two Prominent Influential Persons (PIPs) holding...

RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Dr Brian Sampa says the trend of patients abruptly leaving health facilities against medical advice is an indication that the Ministry of Health is not providing quality health services. During a Covid-19 briefing recently, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical Services Dr Kennedy Malama raised concern that...

FORMER Works and Supply Minister Sylvia Chalikosa says former president Edgar Lungu did his best and he meant well for the country. In an interview, Chalikosa said the PF needed to reorganise itself so that people could still have faith in the party. “I am a true green, and my place is with PF whatever...

FORMER Minister of Health Dr Brian Chituwo says he cannot understand why an institution like the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) did not inform citizens immediately the Hayat-Vax 'COVID-19 vaccines' arrived in the country. Commenting on a Diggers investigation which revealed that Lusaka Businessman Valden Findlay's company Chrismar Earthmoving Equipment imported fake COVID-19 vaccines for...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says it's frightening that there appears to have been suspicious transactions on KCM liquidator Milingo Lungu's accounts, given the critical importance of issues surrounding the mining company. Commenting on the Financial Intelligence Centre’s move to freeze Lungu’s bank accounts following suspicious transactions, TIZ executive director Maurice Nyambe hoped that the investigation...

THE Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has frozen Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) liquidator Milingo Lungu’s bank accounts following some suspicious transactions. But FIC Director General Mary Chirwa has declined to confirm the development, saying it would be unprofessional and illegal for her to names of people whose accounts have been seized by the centre. Sources close...