THE Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill has passed the second reading stage in Parliament after 83 parliamentarians voted in the affirmative. The Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Bill No. 2 of 2021 came up for resumption of debate, Thursday. The Bill was then subjected to an electronic vote, where 83 members of parliament voted...

THE Human Rights Commission says former Lusaka Province police commissioner Nelson Phiri must be jointly-charged with the constable already appearing in court for the murder of State prosecutor Nsama Nsama Chipyoka and UPND sympathiser Joseph Kaunda. And HRC says Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo and Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo’s statements ordering the police to...

HEALTH Minister Dr Jonas Chanda has announced that the World Bank, through the Zambia COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project, has provided over US $15 million in financing towards the purchase of ambulances and laboratory equipment, among others. Speaking during the COVID-19 briefing in Lusaka, Thursday, Dr Chanda hailed the World Bank’s financial...

POLICE spokesperson Esther Mwaata Katongo has dismissed assertions that the command applies double standards when dealing with pornography-related matters, saying cops are still looking for the person who produced and circulated an obscene video involving former general education minister David Mabumba. But Zitukile Consortium executive director Nicholas Phiri insists that police are playing double standards...

UPND Alliance chairperson Charles Milupi says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is an official member of the Alliance, despite its internal wrangles. And Milupi has bemoaned the regional bias still being seen in President Edgar Lungu’s appointments to his administration. Meanwhile, Milupi, who is also Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) party president, has insisted...

PF CHAIRMAN for elections Yamfwa Mukanga says the UPND should stop complaining over the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s provincial voter register because the Commission did a commendable job. And Mukanga says PF has solutions to the challenges which the country is facing. Commenting on UPND vice-president Mutale Nalumango’s recent remarks that the ECZ disadvantaged some...

POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo says the service will engage political parties on the need to stop early campaigns. In an interview, Katongo said police was avoiding a confrontational route over this issue. “In the Electoral Process Act, campaigns have got a specific period in which they are supposed to be done. But this time around...

ALLIANCE for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says Zambians should make this year’s general election all about the rampant corruption witnessed under the PF administration. In an interview, Miti challenged voters to go to the polls bearing in mind how they had suffered because of the corruption which had engulfed the country. “As...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says law enforcement agencies have been activated to deal with individuals seen splashing money in viral videos while dressed in PF regalia because it is a serious breach of the Zambian laws. And Kampyongo says those opposing the Cyber Security Bill are enemies of the state. At a press briefing,...

I CANNOT stop Law Enforcement Agencies from executing their work as they embark on investigations into the source of my wealth, says Foreign Affairs Minister Joe Malanji. On Tuesday, the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) announced that it had taken interest in Malanji’s acquisition of a K30 million helicopter. And the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) equally...