Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) programmes manager Muchimba Siamachoka says Zambia’s transparency score has substantially decreased from 30/100 in 2019 to 19/100 in 2021. Speaking at a media briefing, Thursday, Siamachoka said Zambia had made little progress in expanding public access to budget information according to the International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey 2021....

DR Enerst Mwansa says as UPND Alliance partners, what's important is that the country is becoming better, not whether or not they are happy. In an interview, Dr Mwansa said the current government had proved to be doing a better job than PF. “The alliance has achieved...look, it's only one year guys. You can't have...

ECONOMIST Chibamba Kanyama says there is no magic behind government’s decision to reintroduce meal allowances, observing that the current administration has focussed on sealing leakages and removal of corrupt activities which is freeing up resources for social expenditure. On Monday, former PF secretary general Davies Mwila said government had created serious problems for itself by...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the Zambia Army will take up a big chunk of the 5,000 military personnel jobs, followed by Zambia National Service, with ZAF having the smallest number. In an interview, Lufuma said government would officially place adverts for the recruitment next week, hoping that the process would have been completed by...

ABDUCTION victims have expressed shock that police and members of the public were not aware that they were missing, saying if their rescue had delayed, most of them would have died due to the torture they suffered while in captivity. And Audrine Kalangu, a relative of one of the abducted ladies says her sister, Faith...

THE Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo and his wife, Wanziya Chirwa, for possession of property worth over K29 million suspected to be proceeds of crime. And Kampyongo has assured his supporters that his conscience is as clear as always, saying he has been through such before. Meanwhile, Speaker of the...

THE Zambia Police Service says it recently summoned PF's Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba to help with investigations into the gassing incidents following his remarks in 2020 in which he claimed to know the masterminds. In a statement, Thursday, Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba said police had continued to interview persons who may help with the...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema's political advisor Levy Ngoma says former PF secretary general Davies Mwila could’ve been intoxicated when he said government has created serious problems for itself by reintroducing meal allowances. Yesterday, Mwila said government had created serious problems for itself by reintroducing meal allowances when there’s no money, projecting that students will be protesting...

CENTRE for Disease Control (CDC) country director Dr Andrew Auld says Zambia has fully vaccinated over 6.2 million eligible people, but 2.7 million remain unvaccinated and at risk. And Munali UPND member of parliament Mike Mposha says the battle against Covid-19 is not yet won. Speaking during the re-launch of the 2022 Covid-19 vaccination campaign...

MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says no one has accessed any money from the K365 million allocated in the 2022 budget because his ministry was preoccupied with cleaning up CEEC in order to enhance accountability. In an interview, Wednesday, Mubanga said the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) had been politicised by the...