Farmer in court for stock theft, escaping from custody
A 43-YEAR-OLD farmer has been dragged to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court facing two counts of escaping from custody and stock theft. Douglas Habatumba is charged with two counts of escape from lawful custody and stock theft contrary to the Laws of Zambia. It is alleged in the first count that Habatumba on January 8, 2024…...
HH orders review of gun licensing
PRESIDENT HAKAINDE HICHILEMA has instructed Inspector General of police Graphael Musamba and Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu to review the gun licencing system. And President Hichilema has advised former ZAF Commander Lt Gen Ronnie Shikapwasha’s family to mourn him with dignity and allow the law to take its course. Shikapwasha, who is…...
HH has chosen to fail after crying for office for 15 years – Sangwa
CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer John Sangwa State Counsel says unlike Edgar Lungu who was an accident, President Hakainde Hichilema cried for the presidency for 15 years, yet things have gotten worse under his watch. And Sangwa says President Hichilema’s biggest mistake is that he thinks he won elections because of his popularity when the truth is that…...
Bus conductor gets 5 years for aggravated robbery
A BUS conductor of Lusaka’s 10 Miles area, Paul Chitalu, has been convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour for aggravated robbery. Chitalu was found guilty of stealing police uniforms and identity cards while threatening violence against Yotum Mwila. According to the facts read out by State Prosecutor Wisdom Kashweka before court,…...
Deploy soldiers in CBD to curb cholera, Bowman tips govt
FORMER Lusaka province minister Bowman Lusambo has hailed government for forming the Ministerial Task Force on Cholera, but says the Ministries of Defence and Home Affairs have to be included. On Tuesday last week, government inaugurated a Ministerial Task Force on Cholera comprising Ministries of Health, Local Government, Community and Water Development. In an interview,…...
Mutinta Hichilema is my first cousin, so HH and I discussed family business – Wynter
ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says First Lady Mutinta Hichilema is his first cousin. And Kabimba says there was no corruption in the conduct of former foreign affairs minister Stanely Kakubo and that’s why it was difficult for President Hakainde Hichilema to fire him. Meanwhile, Kabimba says people should not always blame the appointing authorities…...
HH can’t caution PSs against travelling when they follow his footsteps – Mumbi
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says President Hakainde Hichilema cannot condemn his permanent secretaries for traveling when he also enjoys it. On Thursday, President Hichilema said Permanent Secretaries should not proritise traveling every week. “As UPND, we’ve been in office two years, four months, getting to two years five months. In a month…...
TI-Z calls for suspension of WARMA DG
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) Executive Director Maurice Nyambe has urged the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) Board to suspend the sitting Director General Kenneth Nyundu following his arrest on corruption allegations involving K700,000.00. Last week the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested and charged the Director General for Water Resources Management Authority -WARMA-, Kenneth Nyundu for corruption…...
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16 succumb to cholera
THE country has recorded 16 cholera deaths and 439 new cases in the last 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health National Cholera Update, Sunday, the cumulative number of cholera deaths since October 2023 now stands at 480, while the cumulative cases have now reached 12,338. And in the past 24 hours, 482 people […]