NRFA management was diverting K500m for road works to administrative consumption annually, charges Mutwale
IMMEDIATE PAST National Road Fund Agency board chairperson Joe Mutwale has charged that the NRFA management pushed for his dismissal after he exposed its illegal undertakings which included the diversion of over K500 million meant for road works to administrative consumption, annually. Mutwale, however, says he is delighted and relieved that an intelligent, capable and…...
Pamela abductor suffered back injury after falling during “activity”, lawyer tells court
THE Lusaka High Court has allowed the two men who were allegedly involved in the abduction of Pamela Chisumpa and 12 others to undergo a medical check-up to determine their mental ability to stand trial. This follows an application made by the two accused’s lawyer, Osborne Ngoma. Ngoma also told the court that one of…...
Judiciary was tainted with ka samufing, clean it up, HH tells new judges
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged the newly sworn-in Constitutional Court president, her judges, Court of Appeal president and High Court judges to individually help clean the Judiciary’s image. Meanwhile, President Hichilema wondered how certain transactions were never touched by the Auditor General’s Office, saying some issues were left untouched for four or five years probably…...
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Words that attack the heart
A couple years ago a meme was making the rounds which had a man utter such precious and timely words, “tough times never last.” It is something I tend to repeat to myself when I am going through what I deem to be a challenging moment. The most unfortunate or difficult thing to come to […]
We expected debt resolution to move fast – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government expected the country’s debt resolutions to move fast. In an interview, Dr Musokotwane wondered why the other parties were failing to deliver on their part despite government doing everything that was expected of it. “Guidelines were given and for us, we said since this is…...
Inflation likely to hit double digit – Mvunga
FORMER Bank of Zambia Governor Christopher Mvunga says the annual inflation is likely to hit a double digit. Last week Thursday, the Zambia Statistics Agency (ZAMSATS) announced that the annual inflation rate for the month of March 2023 had increased to 9.9 percent from the 9.6 percent recorded in February 2023. ZAMSATS attributed the upward…...
LCC police nab 2 illegal alcohol traders at NIPA, Evelyn Hone entrances
MINISTER of Local Government and Rural Development Gary Nkombo says Lusaka City Council police, in conjunction with state police, has so far arrested two illegal alcohol traders at both NIPA and Evelyn Hone College entrances. And Nkombo has urged students to avoid alcohol if they can or visit well established recreation centres should they need…...
ConCourt dismisses state’s application to dismiss Milingo’s petition
THE Constitutional Court has dismissed the state’s application seeking to dismiss former Konkola Copper Mine (KCM) provisional liquidator Milingo Lungu’s petition in which he is challenging the removal of his immunity. Meanwhile, the court has granted Lungu an application for leave to amend his petition. In this matter, Lungu asked the ConCourt to cite Director…...
ECZ expresses concern over unprecedented electoral petitions in 2021
ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis says the unprecedented electoral petitions arising from the 2021 general elections were a threat to electoral integrity. Speaking on the sidelines of the just ended Summit for Democracy, Zaloumis said involving ECZ in electoral petitions indicated that stakeholders lacked trust in the commission. “The other threat is…...
