PF candidates can demand for their K200,000, it’s their money – Mukanga
PF senior member Yamfwa Mukanga says the party’s presidential aspiring candidates are free to demand for their K200,000s because they are the ones who paid that money. And Mukanga says he has not been happy with the happenings in the PF for a long time. Impeccable sources have revealed that PF aspiring presidential candidates have…...
Govt will give UPND members priority when giving land – Minister
LANDS Minister Dr Elijah Muchima says government will give priority to poor UPND members when giving land because they were marginalised under the Patriotic Front regime. But Socialist Party president Dr Fred M’membe has described Dr Muchima’s remarks as highly reckless and unnecessary, saying the minister should be above “divisive and cheap partisan rhetoric”. Addressing…...
ZESCO owes ERB over K477m in licence fees – AG
THE Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended December 31, 2022 has revealed that ZESCO is owing the Energy Regulation Board over K477 million in licence fees. The report has also revealed that the Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone bought motor vehicles worth over K3 million for five…...
Health recruits expected to report for work by Dec 28 – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo says the 3,000 health workers who have been successfully shortlisted during this year’s recruitment process are expected to report for work between December 26 and 28. And Masebo says the Zambia National Blood Transfusion Service has faced some challenges over the years like lack of adequate outreach vehicles for blood collection…...
Zambia would be a much better place if HH was elected earlier – Mweetwa
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Zambia would be a better place than it is now if President Hakainde Hichilema was elected into office much earlier. And Mweetwa says government is concerned about the Umodzi Kum’mawa group because its genesis was tribal in nature. Meanwhile, Zambia’s former deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN)…...
Former NAPSA employee gets 2 years over K2m fraud
THE Solwezi Subordinate Court has convicted and sentenced former National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) Accounts Clerk Stark Simbaya to two years imprisonment with hard labour for fraud involving over K2 million. In a statement, Tuesday, ACC Head of Corporate Communications Timothy Moono stated that Magistrate Davies Chibwili found Simbaya, 48, guilty of Fraudulent False Accounting…...
House of Chiefs condemns emergence of regional groupings
THE House of Chiefs has strongly condemned the emergence of regional groupings such as Kola Foundation, Luapula United and Umodzi Kum’mawa. And Nyamphande Senior Village Headman Bishop John Mambo says the trend of regional groupings is retrogressive. Meanwhile, Kanchibiya PF member of parliament Sunday Chanda says government must ban regional groupings in order to preserve…...
Police nab 10 more for stealing farming inputs in E/Province
EASTERN Province Minister Peter Phiri says 10 more people have been arrested for theft of fertiliser in Eastern Province. On Monday, police arrested 12 people in Petauke, including a camp officer in the Ministry of Agriculture and a teacher under the Ministry of Education, for theft of fertiliser under the FISP programme. In an interview,…...
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Burglars raid Patson’s Kitwe house
STRIKER Paston Daka has been robbed of valuables at his unfinished flat in Kitwe’s Parklands area after criminals bundled his security guard. Police on the Copperbelt have since made five arrests, among them a caretaker who is believed to be the master minder of the robbery. Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer Peacewell Mweemba said yesterday that…...
