ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha says implementers of the Constituency Development Fund projects must ensure they utilise the resources effectively so that government can find room to increase the funds. Commenting on Minister of Finance Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane's order to the controller of internal audit to conduct a review of the utilisation of CDF funds in...
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FINANCE Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane says he does not believe people who suggest that the drop in the country's projected economic growth is as a result of government's failure. Recently, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected Zambia’s economic growth rate at 2.3 percent, a drop from the earlier projection of 4.2 percent. But in an interview,...
LABOUR and Social Security Minister Brenda Tambatamba says employers must seek guidance from the Labour Commissioner’s office before laying off workers due to reduced productivity caused by the current energy crisis. In an interview, Tambatamba said employers should not make decisions to scale down their workforce without first informing her ministry. “I want to send...
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says government has no immediate intentions to amend the Constitution. And Mweetwa says Chapter One Foundation Executive Director Linda Kasonde's remarks that it would be dangerous to advocate for the Constitution amendment before the next elections are well founded. Recently, Kasonde said it would be dangerous to advocate for the...
THE Human Rights Commission (HRC) says it has observed a worrying trend where the police have either stopped or disrupted the opposition political parties from exercising their democratic rights to freedom of association and assembly. The Commission has since called on government to take practical steps to immediately stop the systematic erosion of human rights...
UPND youths in Kabwata, led by Constituency Youth Chairman Mike Banda, have lodged a formal complaint with the police against former president Edgar Lungu over his remarks that 2026 may be too far before a change of government. PF faction Information and Publicity Chairperson Emmanuel Mwamba, however, argues that there is nothing wrong with Lungu...
VONDIGWELA vindigwele, Job 13:13, former President Edgar Lungu has told PF sympathisers who went to offer solidarity to his wife Esther, when she appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Court yesterday. Lungu's remark makes reference to the famous Bible verse which reads: Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let...
- 21 May 2024
- Mazombwe Banda
CHAMA South PF Member of Parliament Davison Mung’andu says he has now graduated from being a UPND praise singer to being the choirmaster after government purchased some road construction equipment for his constituency. And Mung’andu says despite scoring 100 percent votes for PF in Muchinga Province, the opposition party has a habit of belittling those...
FORMER Home Affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says the Kabwe officer who stormed the meeting between Bishop Clement Mulenga and former president Edgar Lungu, shouldn't be used as a sacrificial lamb because police work under instructions. In an interview, Sunday, Kampyongo said there was a need to follow the chain of command in the police service...
A POLICE officer based at Sikanze Police Camp in Lusaka has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates' Court and denied sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. Samson Chilembo, 38, is charged with one count of defilement of a child. It is alleged that Chilembo, on May 12, 2024, in Lusaka, had carnal knowledge of JK, a girl...
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