Parley passes ATI Bill
THE National Assembly yesterday passed the Access to Information Bill and it is now awaiting Presidential assent. Debating the bill when it was at second reading, Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe said the enactment of the ATI law would remove the allegations that the democratic space was shrinking. “There have been many allegations of late regarding…...
ZRA records K4.5bn revenue collection deficit
ZAMBIA Revenue Authority (ZRA) Commissioner General Dingani Banda says the authority has recorded a K4.5 billion revenue collection deficit. Meanwhile, Banda has lamented that there is low compliance on Rental Income Tax, revealing that out of 600,000 rented properties, only 32,000 are on the ZRA tax net. At a press briefing, Wednesday, Banda said ZRA…...
PAC sends away local govt ministry, NRFA for giving inadequate answers
THE Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday sent away the Ministry of Local Government and the National Road Fund Agency (NRFA), telling them that their responses on queries regarding overpayment towards contracts were inadequate. The Auditor General’s Report revealed that between 2018 and 2022, 27 contracts with total Contract values of K1,656,538,793 were overpaid by the…...
Umodzi Kum’mawa can break up the country – Milupi
INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says the Umodzi Kum’mawa grouping has the potential to disintegrate the country. And Milupi has charged that it is a political agenda being pushed by the PF leadership. On Tuesday, Zambia’s former deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Muhabi Lungu said members of the Umodzi…...
Christmas is for thanking God, not drinking beer at Chicago’s like PF – Mweetwa
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says Christmas is not supposed to be celebrated by drinking alcohol in Chicago’s like PF officials do. And Mweetwa says he has noticed that the members of parliament who were suspended have gained weight, an indication that the economy is not as bad as they claim. Commenting on former home…...
We’ll watch Saboi protest in a g-string – Imenda
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says if NDC leader Saboi Imboela wants to strip and protest in a g-string, that is up to her and people will watch. Meanwhile, Zambia National Women’s Lobby Chairperson Daisy Ng’ambi says women have used the power of their nakedness to protest and revolt since colonial times in African…...
Army commander tours Zamleather
THE Zambia Army has expressed interest in ordering locally produced boots from Zamleather, a subsidiary Zambeef Products PLC. This was expressed when a Zambia Army team, led by their Commander Lieutenant General Sitali Alibuzwi, toured the Zamleather factory yesterday. During the tour, Zamleather General Manager Richard Franklin said the business had gone from making only…...
ACC questions Agrofuel proprietor over Tazama Pipeline usage
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has questioned Agro Fuel Investment Proprietor Shashi Patel over the awarding of a tender to his company for the cleaning up of TAZAMA Pipeline. ACC had also earlier summoned Devon Oil for questioning. And ACC Director General Tom Shamakamba says the Commission is “doing something” and will let the public know…...
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1625 Thursday December 14, 2023
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Court finds Kampyongo, wife with case to answer
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has found former home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo and his wife, Wanziya Chirwa with a case to answer in 12 counts of being in possession of property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime. Magistrate Sylvia Munyinya has since placed the couple on their defence. When the matter came up for…...
