OUTGOING Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Kryticous Nshindano says he looks forward to spending more time with his family, noting that he had no peace while at the helm of the electoral body. And Nshindano says doing the right thing, regardless of whether it hurts those in government or in the opposition,...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has announced that it has mutually separated with its Chief Electoral Officer Kryticous Nshindano effective August 7, 2022. In a statement, Wednesday, ECZ corporate affairs manager Patricia Luhanga said the agreement for the mutual separation between Nshindano and the commission was reached during a meeting held on 2nd August...

PF LAWYER Tutwa Ngulube says the only reason Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe is insisting that former president Edgar Lungu must lose his benefits is because government wants to leave him destitute. And Ngulube says UPND is going for Lungu's benefits because it lacks the numbers to remove his immunity. In an interview, Ngulube said Lungu...

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia and Tanzania are bonded by history and it's the duty of the current generation of leaders to nurse and water these relationships. Speaking during a state visit in Tanzania, Tuesday, President Hichilema said he and his Tanzanian counterpart President Samia Suluhu Hassan had agreed to reinvigorate the relationships built by...

SHIWANG'ANDU PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo says the cancellation of some loan-financed projects was a Cabinet decision which was made way before PF was voted out of office. And Kampyongo says it's shocking that people are pointing fingers at PF over the viral obscene videos which are being linked to DEC director General Mary...

PF national chairperson Davies Chama has advised party members to exercise patience, saying the former ruling party is still relevant and won't die just because there's no substantive leader. Commenting on Yamfwa Mukanga's remarks that PF would soon become irrelevant if the Central Committee did not move fast to organise a general conference so that...

ACTIONAID Zambia has commended government and the Creditors’ Committee of Zambia, chaired by China, for their unprecedented strides towards debt restructuring and ultimate cancellation. In a statement, Tuesday, ActionAid executive director Nalucha Ziba urged government to leverage the Creditors’ Committee's support to ensure the agreement with IMF was beneficial to Zambians. “ActionAid Zambia would like...

DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says the next course of action regarding the Gulfstream G650 presidential jet will only be decided once Cabinet has a discussion. On Friday, the Ministry of Finance announced that it had canceled various loan projects which included the Elbit $400M-Ashra Loan and Elbit Hermes Facility B, a project that saw the...

ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala says the new dawn government has stood with the poor to ensure that they enjoy immediate benefits whenever there is a positive change in market forces which determine pump prices. But PF central committee member Davies Mwila says as long as the reduction in fuel prices does not culminate into reduced...

THE Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board of Directors has fired its Chief Executive Officer Priscilla Bwembya after a disciplinary hearing on charges levelled against her. In June this year, the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) revealed that it was investigating nine out of 39 vehicles which were purchased by the Workers’ Compensation Fund Control Board (WCFCB)...