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27 Mar 2024 | Ulande Nkomesha

D/Speaker suspends Mundubile for 30 days, reprimands Munir for falsely claiming that Mphosa strangled him

FIRST Deputy Speaker Attractor Chisangano has suspended Mporokoso PF MP Brian Mundubile from the National Assembly for 30 days after the latter defied directives from Second Deputy Speaker Moses Moyo. Meanwhile, Chisangano has reprimanded Lumezi... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Zondiwe Mbewe

PF MP justifies her “ba President Mwachilamo ubufi” remark to Parley

MAMBILIMA PF MP Jean Chisenga says her remark, “ba President Mwachilamo ubufi,” cannot be classified as an accusation because the public perceives President Hakainde Hichilema’s failure to deliver on many promises as lies. Chisenga adds... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Barnabas Zulu

Chisenga called HH a liar in a drunken state – Andeleki

KATOMBOLA UPND member of parliament Clement Andeleki says Mambilima PF lawmaker Jean Chisenga made the utterance that President Hakainde Hichilema is a liar while in a drunken state. In an interview, Monday, Andeleki argued that... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Mazombwe Banda

Show sympathy for street vendors – Archbishop Banda

BEFORE we proclaim sight to the blind, let us ask the Lord to open our eyes so that we might see as God sees, and renew the ill attitude of self-centeredness, blame-game, and lack of... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Barnabas Zulu

We’ve achieved the almost impossible – Mwiimbu

ACTING Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Jack Mwiimbu says the UPND government has achieved “the almost impossible” by restructuring the country’s debts. And Mwiimbu says the Patriotic Front are bitter because “kaloba kamene banatenga, takonza... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Mazombwe Banda

We’re rewriting the narrative that councils are corrupt – Phiri

MINISTRY of Local Government and Rural Development Technical Services Permanent Secretary Nicholas Phiri says his ministry and local authorities have for some time been perceived to be corrupt, incompetent and inefficient but the new dawn... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Angela Muchinshi

U.S. private sector investment fits into our agenda to reconstruct economy – HH

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the increase in U.S. private sector investment that the country has seen is important as it fits into government’s agenda to reconstruct the economy. Speaking when the United States congressional delegation... […]

27 Mar 2024 | Mwenya Mofya

Govt challenges Archbishop Banda to specify which praise singers he was referring to

UPND Alliance Chairperson Charles Milupi says Archbishop of Lusaka Alick Banda should specify which praise singers he was referring to in his homily, because they exist in all political parties. And Milupi, who is Infrastructure... […]

26 Mar 2024 | Ulande Nkomesha

DEC seizes 1.89 tonnes of marijuana, arrests 17 drug ring leaders

THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says it conducted operations in several parts of the country over the weekend, which resulted in seizures of both fresh plants and dry loose cannabis weighing over 1.89 tonnes. In... […]

26 Mar 2024 | Mwenya Mofya

MPs abusing freedom in Parley – Kavindele

FORMER vice-president Enoch Kavindele says there is a lot of freedom in the National Assembly but it is being abused by members of parliament. In an interview, Kavindele said it was worrying when a member... […]