TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TIZ) executive director Maurice Nyambe says the failure by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to fully enforce the provisions of the Electoral Code of Conduct contributed to the high number of election petitions, which has resulted in the nullification of some PF parliamentary seats. On Monday, the Kasama High Court nullified...

LOCAL Government and Rural Development Minister Gary Nkombo says UPND youths are within their rights to demand for the lifting of former president Edgar Lungu’s immunity. And Nkombo says he doubts the authenticity of the debt which PF claims is owed to local people because some "PF people" illegally obtained road contracts without actually getting...

THE Parliamentary Committee on Parastatal Bodies yesterday refused to accept ZESCO Limited's submission of responses to queries cited in the latest Auditor General’s report because company Managing Director Victor Mundende failed to appear. At the beginning of the meeting, the ZESCO management team suggested that the meeting be delayed as Mundende was running late and...

UPND Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the party is happy with the nullification of some parliamentary seats because it proves that PF was indeed involved in electoral grand corruption during campaigns. And Mweetwa says the fight against corruption is not a political crusade. Speaking during a press briefing, Tuesday, Mweetwa said the nullification of seats should...

FIRST Deputy Speaker Attractor Chisangano has reserved ruling on a point of order raised by Solwezi East UPND member of parliament Alex Katakwe on whether Kabushi PF member of parliament Bowman Lusambo is in order to be in the House following the nullification of his seat. And Chisangano has ordered Home Affairs and Internal Security...

SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Anthony Bwalya says President Hakainde Hichilema retains full confidence in his economic advisor Jito Kayumba. Kayumba has recently come under the microscope for making a false declaration to Airtel that he sat on the Central Bank board. Speaking on Diamond TV, Monday, Bwalya said Kayumba...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he will continue making international trips until he visits all neighbouring countries because it's tradition for a new president to pay a courtesy call and enforce good neighbourliness, trade and security. And President Hichilema says it is laughable to suggest that the Executive is influencing the court's decisions to nullify some...

POLICE have charged Alick Kalengo aged 56 for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving after he confessed that he was the one driving the vehicle which hit late Kabwata UPND member of parliament Levy Mkandawire. And Kalengo has also been charged for the offence of giving false information to a Public officer after...

THIRTEEN people have been admitted to Kapiri Mposhi District Hospital and five to Kabwe General Hospital following a road traffic accident which occurred in Kapiri Mposhi involving a Zhongtong Bus, belonging to Power Tools. In a statement, Monday, Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said the accident occurred when the driver was overtaking but in the process...

PF vice-president Given Lubinda says Vice-President Mutale Nalumango's remarks that President Hakainde Hichilema cannot move into State House because there is no money to renovate it, is an insult to former presidents. In an interview, Lubinda said President Hichilema was not a special President for him not to stay in State House. He added that...