Jay Jay was badly brought up – Mposha
MINISTER of Water Development and Sanitation Mike Mposha has refuted allegations that he insulted Petauke Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Banda during parliamentary business on Tuesday, but says the lawmaker was badly brought up. On Tuesday, just before he was suspended from the House for 30 sittings days, Banda was seen pointing at Mposha and Youth,…...
Kabuswe says Mopani will be handed over to IRH today
GOVERNMENT says it will today hand over Mopani Copper Mines to International Resources Holding RSC Limited (IRH), an affiliated company of Abu Dhabi conglomerate International Holding Company. Mines and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe says IRH fulfilled all the requirements that government was looking for in an investor to run Mopani. And Special Assistant to…...
ZAMMSA begins distribution of medicines worth K700m
THE Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA) says it has commenced the distribution of medicines and medical supplies worth K700 million. The Agency says six out of 14 targeted tertiary health facilities in Lusaka Province have since received their allocation, representing a distribution of 43 percent. In a statement, Wednesday, ZAMMSA Senior Corporate Communications…...
PF MPs are censored in Parley because they speak to make political headlines – PF Whip
PF Whip in Parliament Anthony Mumba says some PF members of parliament are usually censored in Parliament because they want to aggressively express their points to make political headlines. And Mumba, who is also Kantanshi MP, says he will not tolerate any level of indiscipline as PF Whip in the National Assembly. Meanwhile, Mumba says…...
ECZ’s cancellation of tender for printing ballot papers highly suspicious – Chisanga
PF Chairperson for Legal Affairs George Chisanga says the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s cancellation of the tender for the printing and delivery of ballot papers is highly suspicious. On Monday, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro disclosed that the commission had cancelled the tender for the printing and delivery of ballot papers, ballot paper posters,…...
UKA is ECL and ECL is UKA – Zumani
FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Chris Zumani Zimba says UKA should anoint its 2026 presidential candidate with Lungu’s signature, saying UKA is ECL and ECL is UKA. And Zimba says the concept that all UKA leaders are equal is a theory and not a reality. Recently, UKA Secretary General Lucky Mulusa said Lungu had…...
Zambia to host Extraordinary SADC Summit
ACTING Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mulambo Haimbe says Zambia will host the Extraordinary SADC Summit on March 23, 2024. In a statement, Wednesday, Haimbe revealed that President Hakainde Hichilema, who is the Chair of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, will preside over the summit. “The Republic of Zambia…...
Govt signs $8m deal to upgrade Nakonde Border
GOVERNMENT has signed a partnership support agreement with Trademark Africa to upgrade Nakonde One-Stop-Border Post (OSBP) in a bid enhance trade between Zambia and Tanzania and beyond the region. And World Bank Manager for Zambia, Eastern and Southern Africa Achim Fock says the World Bank approved a $270 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for…...
We’ve prevented 80% of mealie meal from being smuggled – Lufuma
DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says his ministry has prevented 80 percent of the local mealie meal from being smuggled out of the country. And Lufuma says the ministry is in liaison with key stakeholders on modalities and crafting a legal framework to actualise the directive of the re-introduction of the school leavers training programme. In…...
VEEP fumes at Munir for suggesting that BRE Induna was killed by Linyungandambo Formation
VICE – President Mutale Nalumango has fumed at Lumezi Independent MP Munir Zulu in the National Assembly for suggesting that Barotse Royal Establishment Induna Mwangelwa Akapelwa, who was recently shot dead, was killed by the Linyungandambo Formation. Earlier, Zulu rose on a matter of urgent public importance, questioning why government was quiet on the Induna’s…...