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...

RAINBOW Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says there is no dictatorship in Zambia and that those preaching about it should read researched works about how dictatorial regimes treat their people. And Kabimba says he has no emotions regarding NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili's imprisonment because the former is neither his friend nor his relative. Speaking on...

HOUSE of chiefs spokesperson Senior Chief Kaputa says traditional leaders cannot be politicians' vuvuzelas. And Senior Chief Kaputa says the House of Chiefs will soon issue some guidelines which will prevent traditional leaders from being pressured into making political statements. In Parliament while debating on the 2021 budget allocation for the Ministry of Chiefs and...

LUSAKA Province PF executive secretary Kennedy Kamba says it is saddening to hear people calling the police with all sorts of names for manhandling Chishimba Kambwili’s wife, Carol, when she was on the wrong side of the law. And Kamba says political commentators should not link President Edgar Lungu or the PF to Kambwili’s conviction...

INFORMATION Minister Dora Siliya says citizens have a right to choose leaders of their choice in a peaceful environment. And Siliya says government will ensure that the media operates in a violence free environment during the upcoming general elections. According to a statement issued by the Ministry’s press and public relations unit, Siliya was speaking...

THE PF is setting a bad precedent by refusing political leaders to visit Chishimba Kambwili in prison because they may one day face the same situation, says NDC deputy national chairperson for mobilisation Fabian Mutale. Meanwhile, Prison Service Commissioner General Chisela Chileshe says the Commission will issue a comprehensive statement on the State’s continued refusal...