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...

FINANCE Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu has presented the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) amendment Bill No.11 of 2020 for first reading to National Assembly. And Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini has referred the bill to the parliamentary committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. Meanwhile, two other bills namely; the Non-Governmental organization amendment...

MAZABUKA Central UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo says the PF has reduced chiefs to vuvuzelas because the ruling party is good at patronising citizens of which traditional leaders have not been spared. But Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says it is scary to imagine what the UPND will do to those who have opposing...

MMD president Nevers Mumba says the sentencing of NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili to two years imprisonment by Magistrate David Simusamba is a miscarriage of justice because the judgment was delivered by somebody who should have not presided over that case. In an interview, Mumba said based on his complaints against Simusamba to the Judicial Complaints...

NATIONAL Development Planning Permanent Secretary Chola Chabala says preparations for the 2020 national census amid the COVID-19 pandemic are almost complete. In an interview, Chabala explained that the 2020 census had been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic, but stressed that that government was strategising on an appropriate mechanism to conduct the exercise before exposing the...

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says it is foolish for the police to deny that they summoned party leader Hakainde Hichilema when a call-out was delivered at the secretariat, Friday. And Katuka says it does not make sense that trained police officers can be abducted by common citizens. In an interview, Katuka rebuked the Police...

CHIEF Registrar of the Judiciary Charles Kafunda has distanced the judiciary from the recommendation made by the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) to have Magistrate David Simusamba removed from presiding as a judicial officer in a matter where he was found wanting for misconduct. And the JCC chairman William Nyirenda says he does not understand how...

PF MEDIA director Sunday Chanda says Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) president Felix Mutati should tame his secretary general Lucky Mulusa’s excitement before it becomes injurious to his persona. And Chanda says the PF wants democracy to thrive and would hate to see MDC’s lifespan shredded to pieces before it starts to walk. Meanwhile, Chanda...

LEADER of the Opposition in Parliament Jack Mwiimbu has warned that if elections are not handled properly, it will create a crisis in Zambia. But deputy chief whip says UPND is not a parallel government for it to start dictating how the Electoral Commission of Zambia should operate. Debating a motion by Vice-President Inonge Wina...

VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says some Mpika and Serenje residents were beaten up by UPND officials after they refused to respond to the opposition party's slogans. And Vice-President Wina has urged police officers not to condone any lawlessness in the country as was the case in the two areas. Meanwhile, Vice-President Wina has urged political leaders...