2024 promises to be exciting – Cycling Association
CYCLING Association of Zambia (CAZ) president Andrew Chibuye says the association anticipates an exciting 2024 cycling season. In an interview with Goal Diggers on Thursday, Chibuye said the 2024 season promised success and more competition for cyclers. He said the association was receiving much interest from clubs wishing to join. He described the just-ended 2023…...
Jay Jay disputes govt’s mealie meal smuggling excuse, as commodity hits K410 in Lundazi
PETAUKE Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda has disputed government’s justification that the current shortage of mealie meal in Eastern Province is due to smuggling of the commodity to other countries. And a Lundazi resident, Jason Chilanga, has bemoaned the shortage of mealie meal in his area, adding that last the commodity was available was…...
CDF can’t solve all problems – Kang’ombe
KAMFINSA PF member of parliament Christopher Kang’ombe says government thinks it can sort all problems through the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) when that’s impossible. Recently, Local Government and Rural Development Permanent Secretary Administration Maambo Hamaundu said government had disbursed over K4 billion to all 156 constituencies for the 2023 CDF allocation. In an interview, Kang’ombe…...
We’ve rejected proposal to give 142,000 hectares of land to foreign entity for exploration – Mpika MP
MPIKA PF MP Francis Kapyanga says he expects government to harmonise the gold issue in his constituency this year. In an interview, Monday, Kapyanga said the people of Mpika had objected to the awarding of 142,000 hectares of land to a foreign entity which seeks to conduct some exploration exercise because they wanted locals to benefit first…....
It’s shocking that HH is depending on foreign advisory services to govern – Zumani
FORMER president Edgar Lungu’s political advisor Chris Zumani Zimba says Zambians are depressed that President Hakainde Hichilema is depending on foreign advisory services to run government. In November, the National Assembly debated estimates of revenue and expenditure Head 01 in the Office of the President – State House for the year January 1, 2024 to…...
Some cops are impounding vehicles in order to solicit bribes, notes Public Protector
THE Office of the Public Protector says it is concerned with increased reports of unlawful impounding of motor vehicles by some traffic police officers. In a statement issued by Senior Public Relations Officer Smart Kalaluka, Thursday, Public Protector Caroline Sokoni had observed that some traffic police officers preferred impounding vehicles as a scheme to solicit…...
Preaching disorder will attract our attention, IG tells M’membe
POLICE Inspector General Graphael Musamba has cautioned opposition political parties intending to defend their liberties this year to do so in an orderly manner. And Musamba says the opposition political parties should not advocate for trouble if they want to hold rallies. On Wednesday this week, Sociality Party leader Fred M’membe said that the year…...
Kamono Farms directors’ lawyers accuse state of fishing
DIRECTORS of Kamono Farms Initiative Limited and others on Wednesday failed to take fresh plea before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court. This was after the matter was reallocated to Magistrate Ireen Wishimanga from Magistrate Kawama Mwamfuli. Fanwell Zulu, Enock Chibutu and Mirriam Soko are facing charges of conducting a money circulation scheme, money laundering and conducting…...
Prolonged debt restructuring process weakening Kwacha – JCTR
JESUIT Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) Executive Director Fr Alex Muyebe has attributed the continued depreciation of the Kwacha to the delayed debt restructuring process, lack of reinvestment in government bonds, among other factors. According to the Bank of Zambia money market rate, yesterday at 12:30, the dollar was buying at 25.7572 and selling at…...
MMD is welcome, Nevers has been working with us – Imenda
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says MMD president Nevers Mumba is welcome if he wants to formalise his party’s relationship with the ruling party through an alliance. And Imenda says there are a lot of “wisemen from the east” who are also joining UPND, although some have not yet announced this. In an interview, Wednesday,…...