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29 Oct 2018 | Joseph Mwenda

Katanga explains pastors’ arrests: They were discussing politics, not budget

Copperbelt Province Police Commissioner Charity Katanga says police arrested pastors and CTPD officials who gathered to discuss the national budget because they digressed from the topic and started talking about politics, which incensed other discussants.

29 Oct 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Mosho threatens bankruptcy proceedings against Kambwili, Nkombo

Lusaka lawyer Lewis Mosho has threatened to commence bankruptcy proceedings against NDC consultant Chishimba Kambwili and Mazabuka UPND member of parliament Gary Nkombo if they fail to pay K5 million within two days. In May,

27 Oct 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Ignore politicians spreading lies, Dora tells Zambians

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya has asked Zambians to ignore politicians who are misleading the country by purporting that institutions like the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) have been sold. Siliya said ZNBC,

27 Oct 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Lungu is a tyrant, maybe that’s a slim trait slim people have – Kambwili

President Edgar Lungu is a tyrant, I don’t know if that’s how heartless slim people are because that is how Paul Kagame is, says Former Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili. Speaking on Live Issues programme

26 Oct 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Thieving civil servants, govt officials are mostly from Eastern, Luapula – GBM

Today we have criminals in the government because they have a Head of State who is also a criminal, says United Party for National Development (UPND) vice-president Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba. And GBM says most thieving

25 Oct 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

High Court throws out Kambwili’s expulsion case

High Court judge Maria Kawimbe has thrown out NDC consultant Chishimba Kambwili’s matter in which he asked the court to nullify his expulsion from the Patriotic Front on a technicality. In July 2017, Kambwili sued

25 Oct 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

Big thieves can’t be caught, they bathe in charms – Kambwili

National Democratic Congress (NDC) leader Chishimba Kambwili says the real plunderers of public funds cannot be fired or arrested because they bath in charms day and night to cover up their offences. And Kambwili says

23 Oct 2018 | Stuart Lisulo

Employees expose fraud at ZRA, implicate Commissioner General

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has allegedly been fraudulently misreporting its revenue collection targets and using the VAT Refund Account to prop-up its position, a whistleblower letter sent to the Ministry of Finance has revealed.

22 Oct 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Lusaka Province accountants fired for theft of govt funds

The Civil Service Commission, working with the Public service Management Division (PSMD) has fired Lusaka Province principal accountant Grace Mwenya Zimba and her two deputies Nzewa Chumbu and Gideon Zulu for theft of government funds.

22 Oct 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

Arrest of Ndola pastors, CTPD officials proves PF’s dictatorship – HH

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says the arrest of Ndola pastors and some officials from the Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) who met to discuss the national budget, only goes to prove the dictatorship