Parley Committee sends away Kalumbila, Manyinga Town Councils
THE Committee on Local Government Accounts has sent away Kalumbila Town Council officials for submitting responses to queries cited in the Auditor General’s report using blurred documents in a sitting yesterday. The Committee has also sent back Manyinga Town Council for submitting a poorly compiled report. Speaking during the Committee meeting at Parliament, Wednesday, Committee…...
We’ll build at least 10 ablution blocks in CBD for public usage – Nkombo
MINISTER of Local Government and Rural Development Gary Nkombo says government intends to put up a minimum of 10 ablution blocks in Lusaka’s Central Business District for public usage. Responding to former Health minister Angela Cifire’s concerns that open defecation was no longer a problem found in villages but was now happening in Lusaka, Nkombo…...
IG suspends issuance of gun licences
INSPECTOR General of Police Graphael Musamba says he has suspended the issuance of gun licences to private individuals with immediate effect. And Musamba says only people who are not organised in the head can shoot at people as if they are shooting at objects. The country has in the last one month seen a number…...
Lungu’s PF faction in talks with Kalaba, reveal sources
THE Edgar Lungu led PF faction is on a hunt for partnerships ahead of the 2026 general elections, sources have told News Diggers. According to sources close to the negotiations, former president Lungu and his team have been pondering options away from the former ruling party following the protracted court battles with the Mile Sampa-led…...
Lusambo fires lawyer during court hearing
FORMER Lusaka minister Bowman Lusambo has fired one of the lawyers representing him in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a matter in which he is facing two counts of possession of property suspected of being proceeds of crime. This was after the court denied his application for an adjournment as his preferred lawyers Makebi Zulu…...
Elections are costly, candidates should not just wake up and quit – ECZ
ELECTORAL Commission of Zambia Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro says the commission will continue preparing for the upcoming Mayembe ward by-election as they consider the resignation letter for the Leadership Movement candidate. And Kasaro has urged candidates to take by-elections seriously, saying they are costly, and one cannot just wake up and decide to resign…....
Mweetwa grades Sangwa’s ATI remarks 0/10
INFORMATION Minister and Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has given his former lecturer, John Sangwa, zero out of 10 in terms of his analysis of the Access to Information law. On Tuesday, Constitutional Lawyer John Sangwa said the recently enacted Access to Information was a sham and it would not serve its purpose. Sangwa added…...
LCC intensifies inspections in Cholera hotspots
LUSAKA Province Minister Sheal Mulyata says citizens should refrain from buying food from the streets. And Lusaka City Council Public Health Director Victor Kagoli says LCC has intensified inspections and health education in cholera high risk areas as a way of enforcing the invoked Statutory Instruments. Speaking when she conducted a cholera awareness inspection at…...
Chama is a rational PF member, notes Milupi
INFRASTRUCTURE Housing and Urban Development Charles Milupi says the new dawn government already has experienced people from PF and other previous administrations. And Milupi says PF national Chairperson Davies Chama is a rational member of the opposition political party. On Wednesday, Chama appealed to government to engage former government officials to help resolve some of…...
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