Witness narrates how govt paid Curzon Global Limited over K100m in litigation debt
A PRINCIPAL accountant at the Ministry of Finance has narrated to the Economic and Financial Crimes Court how over K100 million, which was litigation debt, was paid to Curzon Global Limited by government from March 2020 to June 2021. Lason Kajoba, 54, testified that the part payment was made as a result of a 2017…...
PF MPs walk out of Parley as Kabushi, Kwacha MPs take oath
PATRIOTIC Front members of parliament yesterday walked out of the House as their newly elected Kabushi and Kwacha colleagues were brought in to take oath. The PF members of parliament walked out immediately First Deputy Speaker Attractor Chisangano called for the Kabushi and Kwacha members of parliament to be ushered into the Chambers. Justifying the…...
Miles, GBM, 3 others file nominations for PF presidency
MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa, PF member of the Central Committee Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba and Mporokoso PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile have successfully filed in their nominations for party presidency. Others who have also filed in their nominations are Lunte PF member of parliament Mutotwe Kafwaya and former Itezhi-tezhi PF member of…...
Inflation drops to 9.7%
THE annual rate of inflation has reduced to 9.7 percent for the month of October from the 9.9 percent recorded in September, 2022. And Zambia Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says Lusaka was the highest contributor to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between 2019 and 2021, followed by Copperbelt. At a briefing,…...
Kitwe district records spike in new HIV infections among adolescent girls
THE Kitwe District Medical Health Office, through the department of adolescents, has revealed an increase in cases of new HIV infections among adolescent girls in the district, with the second and third quarters of 2022 recording 202 and 181 cases, respectively. This is compared to the 51 and 47 cases, respectively, recorded during the same…...
I pinch myself, out of 20m people, Zambians chose me – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says he pinches himself because out of about 20 million citizens, Zambians chose him to be Head of State. And President Hichilema says artists are as important as lawyers who believe they are the only learned profession in the country. Meanwhile, President Hichilema says he usually fights with his colleagues in Cabinet…...
Congratulations to PF candidates, but what happened to rebranding?
YESTERDAY, five members of the Patriotic Front successfully filed in their nominations to contest the party presidency at the next general conference. Matero PF member of parliament Miles Sampa, PF member of the Central Committee Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba and Mporokoso PF member of parliament Brian Mundubile managed to pay K200, 000 and file in their…...
DEC nabs Lsk businessman for money laundering involving over K2m
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has arrested a Lusaka businessman for money laundering activities involving over K2 million. In a statement, Thursday, DEC Public Relations Officer Hussein Khan stated that Mpundu Chanda, whilst acting with other persons unknown, allegedly forged an NRC which he used to open a bank…...
Employing civil servants isn’t job creation – Kampyongo
SHIWANG’ANDU PF member of parliament Stephen Kampyongo says employing civil servants is not job creation because recruitments in the public sector are routine. Debating the Motion of Supply in Parliament, Wednesday, Kampyongo said a government couldn’t commend itself for employing in the public sector. “I want to commend the Minister of Finance for one thing,…...
Govt writes to suppliers over slow distribution of farming inputs
THE Ministry of Agriculture has written to all fertiliser suppliers to express displeasure over the slow pace at which the 2022/23 farming season inputs are being distributed, urging them to be faster. In a letter addressed to one of the suppliers, Agrizam Investment Limited, Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Green Mbozi urged the company to…...
