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18 May 2018 | Joseph Mwenda

Lungu personally signed sovereign guarantee for Zesco loan – Africa Confidential

An African Confidential report has revealed that President Edgar Lungu personally signed a sovereign guarantee for a South African company called Stag Africa to raise US$500 million on behalf of Zesco, when the utility company […]

18 May 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Lungu has received more gifts from China – Dora

In this audio, Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya says President Edgar Lungu has received many gifts from China which he has not declared because there is no law that compels him to do so. Siliya […]

18 May 2018 | Stuart Lisulo

Land was given to the President in his private capacity – Amos

State House says President Edgar Lungu received the controversial piece of land in the Kingdom of eSwatini in his “private capacity” as a citizen of Zambia. And State House has rebuffed any suggestion that President […]

17 May 2018 | Abraham Kalito

Lungu broke the law by accepting land gift in Swazi – Chipimo

National Restoration Party president Elias Chipimo says President Edgar Lungu abused his office by receiving a gift exceeding $1,000 in value and concealing the information from the public. And Chipimo says the national dialogue process […]

17 May 2018 | Mukosha Funga Njenga

Excessive bail conditions make a mockery of presumption of innocence – Ndulo

Professor Muna Ndulo says holding citizens in detention due to their failure to meet high or unreasonable bail conditions is a violation of their Constitutional rights. And Prof Ndulo says it is unreasonable to expect […]

16 May 2018 | Zondiwe Mbewe

Swaziland mansion another reason for impeaching Lungu -Kambwili

Chishimba Kambwili says grounds for impeaching President Lungu have continued to pour in, and Zambians who were in doubt can now see the Head of State blatant abuse of power. And Kambwili says President Edgar […]

15 May 2018 | Joseph Mwenda

Dora explains Lungu’s land in Swaziland, as $3.9 million mansion emerges

Minister of Information and Broadcasting Dora Siliya has confirmed that President Edgar Lungu owns land in Swaziland which was given to him by his counterpart King Mswati. Zambians living in Swaziland have shared constructions plans […]

14 May 2018 | Joseph Mwenda

I’m ready to die over Chisokone market; we will not allow PF to demolish it – CK

National Democratic Congress leader Chishimba Kambwili says he is ready to die in the course of preventing the Patriotic Front government from demolishing Kitwe’s Chisokone Market. And Kambwili says he will go back to all […]

14 May 2018 | Mirriam Chabala

NDC tips govt on how to prevent drug theft, questions Lungu’s silence

The National Democratic Congress says President Edgar Lungu’s silence on the revelations that US$1 million was stolen in form of drugs at Medical Stores Limited is a sign that that the Head of State is […]

13 May 2018 | Sipilisiwe Ncube

We need to drop our temperatures from the heat of problems, says RB

Former president Rupiah Banda says there is urgent need for peaceful talks among political leaders in order to drop the temperature of the country from the heat of problems. And Banda says he does not […]