Verbatim: Mukula smuggling trial – Given Lubinda, others Vs News Diggers (PART 2)
…continued examination in chief of first plaintiff. Mutale SC: Yes, Mr Lubinda, I will take you to part of what the defendants have said in their defence, paragraph 7 (4) of their defence. This is what they have said in relation to you, ‘it will further be shown at the trial that the first plaintiff’…...
US embassy urges prompt debt action as China blasts media agenda
CHINA’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin says certain media organisations have a hidden agenda to sow discord between China and Zambia. And the United States Embassy in Zambia has called on China to expedite its commitment of concluding debt discussions with Zambia. Recently, the Financial Times published a story titled: “Zambia rejects China’s call…...
HH will spend about 70% of his time in the country – Kakubo
FOREIGN Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo has announced that President Hakainde Hichilema will be travelling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to participate in the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union. And Kakubo says the President has indicated that he will spend close to 70 percent of his time in the…...
All virtual asset service providers should register with us as per law – FIC
THE Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) has called on all virtual asset service providers to register with the centre as required by law. According to a circular dated February 6, FIC acting director general Liya Tembo said the law provides that a virtual asset service provider shall be registered or licensed in the jurisdiction where it…...
Court frees Chitalu, Kalaluka, 6 others after ACC withdraws corruption case
THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has withdrawn a matter in which former Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya, former Attorney General Likando Kalaluka SC and six others were facing a charge of conspiracy to defraud the government. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya’s lawyer Sakwiba Sikota says the case has just caused unnecessary damage to his client. Dr Chilufya was…...
We had a DPP who didn’t support corruption fight – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says the country used to have a Director of Public Prosecutions who did not support the corruption fight hence the delay which was there to deal with corruption matters. And President Hichilema says the new dawn government will ensure that there is a regulation in place so that corruption cases are prosecuted…...
Appointment of judges and judicial independence
ON Monday this week, President Hakainde Hichilema appointed 20 judges in the Judicial arm of the government. Among the appointees were Professor Margaret Munalula as Judge president of the Constitutional Court and Arnold Shilimi as deputy president of the court. The President also appointed Mudford Mwandenga, Judge Maria Kawimbe and Judge Kenneth Mulife as judges…...
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1411 Friday February 17, 2023
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Thieves steal medical equipment worth K1.6m from ZAMMSA warehouse
ZAMMSA Board Chairperson Dr Anna Chifungula has disclosed that medical equipment worth K1.6 million has been stolen from a ZAMMSA warehouse in Lusaka. Dr Chifungula says this is the second break-in that has occurred at the warehouse, the first one being in March 2022 when equipment valued over K1 million was stolen. In a statement,…...
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