MONZE Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu says the PF are desperate to enact the Constitution Amendment Bill 10 of 2019 to ensure that no one challenges President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to stand as President next year. Mwiimbu said that the PF were desperate to enact Bill 10 to ensure that no one was...

PEOPLE'S Alliance for Change president Andyford Banda says the Electoral Commission of Zambia is being rigid by not wanting to extend the timeframe for voter registration. And Banda says now is not the right time to talk about an opposition alliance ahead of the 2021 general election. ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano recently said...

ALLIANCE for Democracy and Development president Charles Milupi says President Edgar Lungu's justification for not firing corruption-accused Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya gives credence to assertions that he prefers to associate with corrupt people. Speaking in an interview Milupi said the decision that was taken was wrong as the President should be the first to...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) has condemned calls by Government Chief Whip Brian Mundubile to remove Article 52 in the current Constitution, which gives citizens the right to challenge the eligibility of candidates vying for public office under a specified period of time. In an interview, TIZ executive director Maurice Nyambe said that citizens should be...

UPND chairperson for elections Gary Nkombo says the Patriotic Front is being crooked in the manner it is handling the timeframe on the mobile issuance of national registration cards. Commenting on the announcement by Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo that the mobile registration process would commence in August and end in October, Nkombo in an...

VICE-President Inonge Wina says the Constitution Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 will deal with the continued discrimination in the application of the rule of law in Zambia. Speaking during the Vice-President Question Time in Parliament, Friday, Vice-President Wina said government had administrative matters to deal with before resuming with the disbursements of the Social...

RAINBOW Party General Secretary Wynter Kabimba has asked President Edgar Lungu to intervene in the conflict between Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini and the Constitutional Court, saying if left unchecked, there will be a direct conflict between the Legislature and the Judiciary in the near future. And Kabimba says America-based Zambian law...

SOUTHERN Province UPND MPs have refused to meet President Edgar Lungu during his visit to that Province citing COVID-19 and the "unfair use of the Public Order Act". At a briefing, Friday, Monze Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu said the MPs had refused to meet President Lungu because his visitations usually turned into...

LUSAKA Mayor Miles Sampa has vowed that any bars masquerading as restaurants will be closed down, even though the owners are connected to some powerful people. On Tuesday, President Edgar Lungu's former political advisor Kaizer Zulu said he would have breakfast, lunch and dinner at Chigago's Reloaded on Wednesday. "By powers and freedoms vested in...

THE Constitutional Court’s ruling that Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini cannot interpret the Constitution can spur dictatorship in the governance of the country arising from possible conflict between the two arms of government, says government Deputy Chief Whip Tutwa Ngulube. In an interview, Ngulube argued that the ConCourt’s judgement might create a...