A NEWS Diggers Investigation has revealed that the Ministry of Health paid a Chinese company called Ganzhou Etone amounts exceeding US$1.5 million (approximately K31.3 million) for supply of Coronavirus test kits under a tender that was awarded to a different firm called Kingphar Company Ltd. The investigation has also revealed that companies that ‘competed’ and...

LUSAKA Province PF secretary Kennedy Kamba has directed all party district chairmen to be submitting weekly reports of all the party officials that have been captured in the ongoing voter registration exercise. In his letter dated November 11, 2020, Kamba stated that he wanted the full names, voter's number, NRC number, phone number, and district...

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) sympathizer Munir Zulu says some senior members of the ruling party’s Central Committee are praying that President Lungu is not eligible to stand in 2021. And Zulu says it remains a source of concern that some senior members of the Central Committee continue to sponsor confusion in the party. Meanwhile, Zulu says...

CHIFUBU PF member of parliament Frank Ng’ambi has asked the National Assembly to add his vote to the 105 MPs who voted for Bill 10, claiming that even if he supported the Bill, his vote did not count as the electronic system froze. But Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Namugala could not immediately...

COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) secretary general Fr Emmanuel Chikoya says it is time Zambians moved on from the failed Bill 10 and transition into 2021 as a unified and peaceful country. And Fr Chikoya says people should draw lessons from the failure of Bill 10 that not everybody is available for sale and...

UPND chairperson for mobilization Sylvia Masebo says Zambia's current political situation is worse than it was under the one party state as the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has made it difficult for the opposition to effectively participate. And Masebo says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema is just as good as under house arrest because he cannot...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) says it is investigating the alleged irregularities regarding the Ministry of Health's decision to award a tender to HoneyBee Pharmacy. Responding to a press query, ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono confirmed that investigations on the awarding of the controversial tender were underway. “I wish to acknowledge receipt of your press...

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says the failure to pass Bill 10 will have devastating effects on several governance issues. Meanwhile, Vice-President Wina says Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya did not coach village headmen in Sinda District on how to lie in order to access funding under the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) scheme. Speaking during...

CHAPTER One Foundation executive director Linda Kasonde has condemned Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya’s attempt to ignite unwarranted tribal tension as part of the political agenda, saying her utterances are reminiscent of the Rwanda genocide. But PF media director Sunday Chanda says the UPND should not play victim of tribalism because they are the "high...

CONSTITUTIONAL Lawyer John Sangwa says the fall of Bill 10 is a victory for Zambia’s democracy and the people of Zambia must be proud that multipartism triumphed. And Sangwa says the Constitutional Court failed Zambians on Bill 10 but he is happy to see that the legislative arm of government has rescued Zambia's hope on...