PF national chairperson Davies Chama has wondered how former ruling party members can declare proceeds of corruption which they did not steal. And former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo has wondered why a number of PF members were arrested when President Hakainde Hichilema had offered amnesty. Speaking upon arrival at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport...

ACTING PF secretary general Nickson Chilangwa has described individuals joining the ruling party now as economic refugees and political prostitutes. And Chilangwa says government should stop pushing the FTJ University agenda because it is not the only university which was put on ice. Speaking on a Diamond TV Special Programme, Thursday, Chilangwa said from the...

BUSINESSMAN Steven Samuteba is demanding payment of US$13,000 from former special assistant to the president for political affairs Kaizer Zulu which the latter allegedly borrowed from him on March 24, 2022. In a letter dated April 27, 2022, addressed to Zulu, Samuteba, through his lawyers, Mambwe, Siwila and Lisimba Advocates stated that it was an...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says government has not given back Konkola Copper Mines to Vedanta Resources Limited, but just wants to end all the court cases so that they find a solution. And President Hichilema says there is evidence that the Minister of Finance paid the US $33 million towards the construction of the FTJ University...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the new dawn government is not trying to change the country's values by aligning them with American values. Speaking when he met US Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, Jose Fernandez, President Hichilema said UPND would ensure that democratic values were enhanced. "Zambia is a democratic country, it...

INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the UPND government will ensure that the fight against corruption starts from the top. In an interview, Milupi said President Hakainde Hichilema had made it clear that he would not protect any of his ministers or government officials who engaged in corrupt activities. "The President has...

DRUG Enforcement Commission public relations officer Mathias Kamanga has attributed the spike in money laundering reports to the President's commitment to allowing law enforcement agencies to operate independently as well as the zero-tolerance policy against corruption. The Commission recently revealed that it had received a total of 106 money laundering reports during the first quarter...

DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director-General Mary Chirwa says she was not aware of the letter written by Solicitor General Marshal Muchende to Director of Public Prosecutions Lilian Siyunyi in January, this year, as she had not joined the commission by then. A letter recently emerged in which Muchende, State Counsel, wrote to Siyunyi in January...

EUROPEAN Union Ambassador to Zambia Jacek Jankowski says the EU is looking forward to engaging stakeholders on the implementation of recommendations to further strengthen electoral processes. Speaking during the Europe Day celebrations, Monday, Ambassador Jankowski said the EU had issued recommendations on how to further strengthen electoral processes and was looking forward to engaging with...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission says it has received a total of 106 money laundering reports during the first quarter of 2022 involving over K126 million and US$ 5,834,622. In a statement, Tuesday, DEC public relations officer Mathias Kamanga said the reports represented a 265 percent increase from the 29 reports received during the same period...