Lubusha is right. MPs can’t implement CDF without acknowledging govt
THE mighty Patriotic Front seems to be slowly aligning on the path of disintegration. The cracks are widening and the bolts that have been keeping it together appear to be falling apart. Accusations and counter accusations are becoming more aggressive. Word on the streets is that former president Edgar Lungu, who holds the record for…...
5 Nigerians oppose forfeiture of their accounts
FIVE Nigerian nationals have told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that they have been heavily affected by the seizure of their trading accounts by DEC which act as depositories for various third-party clients. The Nigerian nationals have submitted that their businesses are legitimately registered in Nigeria and that their main business there involves trading…...
This year we want to ensure that when we arrest you, we’re ready for court – DEC
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says it will try to dispose of its cases even much earlier than the five months announced by the President for hearing corruption cases. And DEC Director General Nason Banda says Zambians should expect to see the seizure of many properties this year, as the commission wants to hit criminals…...
DEC nabs ex-convict for Cocaine trafficking
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) says it has successfully apprehended a 41-year-old Tanzanian national and former convict residing in Chilanga’s Memosa area, for trafficking 504.8 grams of pure cocaine. In a statement yesterday, DEC Public Relations Officer Mwenge Mulenga stated that Phabian Bomboko’s arrest was a notable achievement in dismantling a cartel believed to be…...
Police nab Chasefu teen for defiling 15-yr-old cousin
POLICE in Chasefu District of Eastern Province have arrested an 18-year-old boy for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old cousin. Daniel Chizinga, of Chimphapi Village in Senior Chief Magodi’s area is reported to have repeatedly defiled his cousin who is under the age of 16, of the same village. Eastern Province Police Commissioner, Limpo Liywalii, confirmed the…...
We are close to handing over KCM, Mopani to investors – Govt
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says government is close to handing over KCM and Mopani Copper Mines to investors, adding that for Mopani, it will be within the next five to eight weeks. And Dr Musokotwane says people who keep buying dollars thinking that the Kwacha will one day reach K100 per…...
ZAMMSA delegation in Egypt to procure more drugs for Zambia
A MULTI-disciplinary team led by parliamentary committee on health chairperson, Dr Christopher Kalila, has arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to conduct a pre-inspection routine of the second dispatch of drugs that government has procured through the Zambia Medicine and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA). In October last year, ZAMMSA received the first batch of essential…...
NHIMA contributions should be paid through VAT – RDAZ
RESIDENT Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) president Mweushi Mphande says NHIMA is unsustainable in its current form because there is no way the small formal sector of about three million people can support over 18 million citizens. In a statement, Tuesday, Mphande suggested that NHIMA contributions should instead be drawn from VAT so that whenever…...
Gone are days of drinking all day, it’s now about being productive – Ngoma
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s political advisor Levy Ngoma says there is no single leader in government that thinks all problems in the country can be solved by CDF. And Ngoma says gone are the days when the country was just about politics and drinking Jameson from morning till evening because it is now about productivity. Last…...
Umodzi Kum’mawa ask HH to appoint 12 Easterners as ministers, diplomats
UMODZI Kum’mawa spokesperson Chanoda Ngwira has written an open letter to President Hakainde Hichilema, giving him a list of 12 easterners from which he can choose his new Minister of Foreign Affairs. But this move has angered some members of the group who feel it validates people’s initial misgivings that Umodzi Kum’mawa was nothing but […]