NHIMA will collapse if the abuse by private hospitals goes unchecked
WE have observed a serious challenge in the implementation of NHIMA. The funding mechanism falls far below the mandate of the institution. The same can be said about its administration. There is a concern that this health insurance scheme will collapse if its management is not reviewed. First of all, we feel the cost of…...
High Court grants Kasanda, 4 others bail
THE Lusaka High Court has granted Lusaka businessman Sedrick Kasanda, Mahogany Airlines chief executive officer Jim Belemu and three others bail in the sum of K500,000, but in their own recognisance. This is in a matter in which Kasanda, Belemu, state security officer Francis Mateyo, commercial pilot Patrick Kawanu and police officer Robison Moonga are…...
Employers entitled to K2,000 allowance if they hire a person with disability – ZRA
THE Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has disclosed that under the Income Tax Act, an employer who employs a person with a disability on full-time basis is entitled to an allowance of K2,000. ZRA further says a disabled person registered with the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) is entitled to a tax credit of…...
Tayali’s K450,000 compensation leaves Jay Jay in tears: This is bullsh*t
THIS is bullsh*t, we work day and night but people are getting free money for just being pointed at with a gun, charged Petauke Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Banda as he broke down yesterday. And Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has questioned the motive behind the consent judgments which are resulting in the state awarding parties…...
Mapenzi Chibulo’s family to receive K3.5m compensation from state
THE State has agreed to compensate the family of late Mapenzi Chibulo, a UPND supporter who died on July 8, 2016, K3.5 million as damages for loss of life. The parties have further agreed that the state would pay K500, 000 as legal costs. This is the matter in which the deceased’s father, Douglas Chibulo, sued…...
Matter before you urgent, Sampa might expel me, Mundubile tells court
FORMER leader of opposition in Parliament Brian Mundubile has told the Lusaka High Court that the matter in which PF faction Secretary General Rapheal Nakacinda has sued Miles Sampa over the October 24 convention is of extreme urgency. He says this is because Sampa might proceed to expel him from the party for failing to…...
I was disappointed with UPND when Munir said HH would dissolve Parley – Witness
A WITNESS has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he was disappointed with the UPND leadership when he heard Munir Zulu say President Hakainde Hichilema would dissolve Parliament and call for early elections. Network for Young People against Violence executive director Moses Kalonde told the court that he also started panicking when he heard the…...
NGOCC urges women to be wary of some ‘men of God’
THE NGOCC has called on the Ministry of Home Affairs to thorough investigate the alleged rape case involving pastor John General and a Matero woman. The women’s movement has further urged women and the community at large to be wary of some denomination leaders so that they do not fall prey to suspected “evil acts”…....
Minister hails Zesco for building school in Chikankata
EDUCATION Minister Douglas Syakalima says creating more classroom space amid the free education agenda is a huge task which government can’t do alone and has since called for collaborative efforts from the corporate world. Meanwhile, Zesco Limited, through its subsidiary Kafue Gorge Lower Power Development Corporation Limited, has handed over Chasunta Boarding School in Chikankata…...
Tayali would have gotten K5m if case continued – Mweetwa
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali would have been compensated K5 million in court if prescribed proceedings were followed. And Mweetwa says the PF government amended the Constitution to remove the Article which requires public publication of the declaration of the President’s assets. Meanwhile, Mweetwa says government’s decision to…...
