No one accessed K365m empowerment fund from 2022 budget, we were cleaning up CEEC – Mubanga
MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says no one has accessed any money from the K365 million allocated in the 2022 budget because his ministry was preoccupied with cleaning up CEEC in order to enhance accountability. In an interview, Wednesday, Mubanga said the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) had been politicised by the…...
Protesting Kitwe enumerators submitted wrong bank details – Zamstats
ZAMBIA Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says the delay in paying protesting Kitwe census enumerators was due to their submission of wrong bank details. And Musepa says all the protesting enumerators were paid on Friday last week after correcting their Ecobank details. Meanwhile, Musepa says the agency has commenced payment of the 60…...
Malanji, Lusambo seek to join Kanengo’s case
JOSEPH Malanji and Bowman Lusambo have asked the Constitutional Court to join them to a matter in which Kabushi UPND aspiring candidate Bernard Kanengo is seeking an interpretation of whether the 21 days prescribed to hear matters of nominations can be stayed or extended. The two have argued that they are interested parties and should,…...
It was hard to get breakthrough because abductors targeted those familiar to them – Mwiimbu
MINISTER of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu says the Police worked tirelessly to pursue abduction cases, but what complicated having a breakthrough was that the abductors targeted people who were familiar to them. And Mwiimbu says one of the arrested criminals’ remarks that police did nothing to rescue the 13 abducted girls was…...
DEC nabs Kalandanya, KBF, 3 others for money laundering activities involving over K6m
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has arrested Lusaka businessman Bwalya Kalandanya and four others for money laundering activities involving over K6 million. The Commission has further arrested Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Fube Bwalya for Failure to report a suspicious transaction. In a statement, Wednesday, DEC Deputy Public Relations Officer Delight…...
Chitalu’s arrest a witch-hunt, it’ll end in tears – Lawyer
FORMER health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says his client will be vindicated, describing his arrest as a witch-hunt. And Ngulube, who also represents Honeybee, says the institution will drag government back to the High Court for failing to pay for the drugs it supplied. Yesterday, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Chilufya,…...
HH acknowledges France’s support towards debt restructuring
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has thanked the French government for its support towards Zambia’s debt restructuring process. On the other hand, French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou has delivered President Emmanuel Macron’s letter to President Hichilema, inviting the Zambian leader to visit Paris next year. Speaking during a meeting with…...
As UNZA monk, I used to eat well because of meal allowances – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he used to eat well when he was a University of Zambia student because of meal allowances, arguing that “maybe that’s why the quality of education was better”. And President Hichilema says he is keeping an eye on the progress made in ensuring that married civil servants are reunited. Meanwhile, President…...
Tayali denies assaulting female cop
ECONOMIC and Equity Party (EEP) leader Chilufya Tayali has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer. And magistrate Irene Phiri has granted Tayali, of Roma Township in Lusaka, a K5000 cash bail, pending hearing and determination of the matter. Tayali, who is represented by Lusaka lawyer Mwansa…...
4 suppliers ponder out-of-court settlement in fertiliser case
FOUR fertiliser suppliers have informed the Lusaka High Court that they are attempting to resolve the matter in which they are challenging the government’s decision to terminate the fertiliser tender out of court. The court has since adjourned the matter to October 27 for hearing, hoping that by then, the parties would have reached some ex-curia…...
