THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a Coordinator at the National Authorising Office to the European Development Fund, Chasiya Kazembe, for allegedly conspiring to defraud the government of US $800,000 by purchasing an Office building at US$5,000,000, instead of US$ 4,200,000. And the Commission has arrested Kazembe for abusing the authority of her office by allocating...

A NEWS Diggers investigation has revealed that suspended DPP Lilian Shawa Siyunyi granted Amos Chanda and Walid El Nahas absolute immunity from any prosecution in the RTSA speed camera corruption case before entering a nolle prosequi in 2020. The investigation further revealed that Nahas who is former Intelligent Mobility Solutions board chairman admitted giving Chanda,...

UPND has suspended its Lusaka Province deputy chairperson for administration, Saul Cornhill, over his "imbwa zapa UNZA" statement in a viral land dispute video. In a statement, Tuesday, UPND secretary general Batuke Imenda distanced the ruling party from Cornhill's remark saying it was not only disrespectful to the government, but an insult to the President...

GOVERNMENT has approved 190 timber concession licences out of 483 applications, but only in the small and medium scale categories. During a media briefing, Thursday, Minister of Green Economy and Environment Collins Nzovu said a multi-sectoral ad-hoc committee was put in place to support the Ministry in assessing the applicants to ensure transparency and equity...

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has re-arrested former Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda and former RTSA chief executive officer Zindaba Soko for Corrupt Practices, following a nolle prosequi entered in their favour by the DPP in 2020. In May 2020, the State entered a nolle...

LUMEZI Independent member of parliament Munir Zulu will on October 5, this year, move a motion in Parliament to ask government to re-introduce meal allowances in public universities. This follows the Speaker's move to approve the said motion for debate on that date. In a letter dated September 19, Tennieson Nyangu, signing on behalf of...

PF lawyer Tutwa Ngulube has insisted that Lusaka Lawyer Lewis Mosho never represented the party in any election petitions, claiming that he has information that the counsel is working with one of their MPs from Muchinga Province to embarrass the former ruling party. But Mosho has denied the claims, saying "this is business", adding that...

THE National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) has argued that its former Director General James Kapesa did not possess the qualifications or management experience required by law to hold that position, making his initial appointment void for illegality and therefore unenforceable. The Authority has further submitted before the High Court's Industrial Relations Division that Kapesa...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has directed that as a mark of respect and in honour of late Queen Elizabeth Il, all flags in the country should fly at half-mast with effect from Sunday, until the day of her State Funeral. According to a statement issued by acting Secretary to the Cabinet Patrick Kangwa, the President also...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the government has commenced a process to amend provisions relating to the death penalty and criminal Defamation of the President. And President Hichilema says there is a need for those who did something wrong to have a sense of shame, adding that they must repent and shouldn’t make noise. Meanwhile, President...