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...

IT will be difficult for government to effectively plan ahead without knowing the population of citizens it intends to plan for, says Vice-chairperson of the Zambia All Parties Parliamentary Caucus on Population And Development (ZAPPC) Princess Kasune. Debating the K779.5 million budgetary allocation to the Ministry of Development and Planning for next year, Kasune, who...

ENERGY Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says the fuel shortage in the country will be normalized within the next week. And Nkhuwa says the shortage has been engineered by a few disgruntled truckers adding that the transporting associations that have a partnership with the government have no grievances with their employers. Nkhuwa was responding to a written...

ASKING civil servants who wish to aspire for political office in the 2021 general election to resign will not improve efficiency in the public service because some elements will still remain aligned to the ruling party, says Dr Sketchley Sacika. But Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Cosmas Mukuka says the rationale of...

NAMWALA UPND member of parliament Moono Lubezhi says the distribution of wards that have been captured in the ongoing mobile issuance of National Registration Card (NRC) in her constituency is not equitable as highly-populated areas have still not been covered. In an interview, Lubezhi complained that so many wards in her constituency had not been...

HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says he is disappointed with NDC spokesperson Saboi Imboela's Facebook post in which she insinuated that President Edgar Lungu has no love for his wife, Esther. And Kampyongo says if Imboela believes in demeaning people, then he would also have the right to talk about how she sent her children's...