PATRICK Chibamba has insisted before the Lusaka High Court that he is still the recognised senior chief Shakumbila of the Sala people of Mumbwa District. Chibamba has submitted that at no time had he ceased to be senior chief Shakumbila as the purported dethronement did not follow the customary procedures of the Sala people that...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia has challenged Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone (LS-MFEZ) to explain what decision making process led to the valuation of eight plots, which Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini's company bought, at K100,000. And TIZ says by using his office as Speaker to direct LS-MFEZ to respond to a query...

AN investigation has revealed that a company belonging to Speaker of National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini paid K100, 000 (about US$5,000) for eight plots worth K21 million (US$994,000) at the Lusaka South Multi Facility Economic Zone (MFEZ). When contacted to explain how Mishikili Properties Development Limited got the land in question, Speaker Matibini who is...

THE Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) and the Workers Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB) have paid two Chinese Investors by the name of Zhang Lingling and Huang Yaochi amounts totaling US$44.8 million as consideration for the purchase of a minority stake in their tile-making company. The named Chinese are the two...

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili says President Edgar Lungu should have stayed away from congratulating Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni given the circumstances under which the controversial elections were held. In an interview, Kambwili said while it was normal for Presidents to congratulate each other following election triumphs, the case of Ugandan dictator Museveni...

GREEN Party leader Peter Sinkamba has welcomed the move by the United Nations to decriminalise cannabis and cannabis resin by removing it from Schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs. In a statement, Sinkamba said this would encourage the country to re-evaluate the drugs classification and pave way for more investments and...

The Court of Appeal has reversed the decision of the Lusaka High Court in which it refused to refer the Konkola Copper Mines dispute between Vedanta Resources and ZCCM-IH to arbitration. In this case, the Zambian government, through ZCCM-IH took over KCM and initiated the processes of liquidation, a move that vedanta contested in the...

WILLIAM Nelson Cromwell Professor of International and Comparative Law Muna Ndulo says it seems that in Zambia today, the police have taken over the constitutional responsibilities of the Director of Public Prosecutions, a situation which has led to many people being unfairly charged with serious non bailable offences. In an article titled “The moral arc...

THE Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) has recommended the removal of controversial Lusaka Magistrate David Simusamba from presiding as a judicial officer. There have been various complaints against the conduct of Magistrate Simusamba, the latest being a case where Chishimba Kambwili reported him to the Anti Corruption Commission before asking the Chief Justice to compel him...

The Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has reported a sharp decline in the overall number of suspicious financial transaction reports, but with a record high loss of money from laundering activities. And the centre has reported that the major drivers for generation of proceeds of crime in Zambia is corruption associated with public procurement. Meanwhile the...