Miles can take PF name, what’s important is membership – Mumbi
FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri says Miles Sampa can take the Patriotic Front name because it is not as important as the membership. Asked in an interview whether the party should not first address the current internal wrangles before uniting with other political parties ahead of the 2026 general elections, Phiri said that…...
State awards K450,000 compensation to Tayali
ATTORNEY General Mulilo Kabesha has agreed to compensate Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali K450,000 as final settlement in the case in which the latter is seeking damages for assault. According to a consent judgement signed by both parties, Kabesha has also agreed to pay Tayali costs in the sum of K80,000. “By the consent…...
Police nab Zambia Correctional Service officer for murder
POLICE in Mumbwa have arrested a 29-year-old Zambia Correctional Service officer stationed at Kitumba Correctional Farm for the alleged murder of a 42-year-old bricklayer. In a statement, Monday, Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga narrated that the suspect, Clifford Mubili, had sent the deceased, Richard Silwamba, to buy food for him, but when he delayed, the suspect…...
Mwiimbu is failing in his duties as home affairs minister – Kampyongo
FORMER home affairs minister Stephen Kampyongo says his successor, Jack Mwiimbu, is failing in his duties, which is why the defence is doing the work of police officers. And Kampyongo says government should address the killings of innocent citizens by those mandated to preserve lives. Speaking in the National Assembly, Friday, Mwiimbu said he could…...
Verbatim: Mukula smuggling trial – Given Lubinda, others Vs News Diggers (PART 16)
Mutale SC: Mr Lubinda, you heard State Counsel (Nchito’s) question when he indicated that there was a need to overrule abuse of office by yourself in your acquisition of the Mahopo land. Can you explain to this court how that land was acquired by you, whether in fact it was abuse of your position as…...
Herbalist links Lungu to $400,000, says his niece wanted medicine for conceiving
A HERBALIST has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how some armed police officers allegedly beat her and former president Edgar Lungu’s niece while demanding for a “parcel”. The witness testified that she was later taken to Lungu’s house in Ibex Hill where the former Head of State disclosed to her that the parcel they…...
Kasanda’s lover denies assaulting his wife’s relative
LUSAKA businessman Sedrick Kasanda’s alleged lover Rumbidzai Chibanda has denied assaulting Hart Michele, a woman believed to be his wife’s relative. When the matter came up before Magistrate Kigan Litiya, Monday, Chibanda pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to her. Magistrate Litiya adjourned the matter to December 27, 2023 for mention and January…...
We’ve invested $28m in revamping CDH – Chilengi
THE Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI) says the country is sending cancer patients to Tanzania because the available radiotherapy equipment is obsolete. ZNPHI, however, says government has invested $28 million into replacing the obsolete equipment at CDH. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, ZNPHI Director General Professor Roma Chilengi said the equipment…...
We suffer from low productivity occasioned by poor health – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says one of the things the African continent suffers from is low levels of productivity which are occasioned by poor health. And Namibian Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila says the continent will not develop and prosper unless the citizenry enjoys good health. Meanwhile, Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Director General Jean Kaseya…...
Everything is shabby under UPND – Canisius
FORMER UPND vice-president Dr Canisius Banda says the country’s ever-skyrocketing cost of living has increased perilous danger on the lives of citizens. And Dr Banda says the UPND were so big on fixing things while they were in the opposition but today everything has unravelled as the emperor has no clothes after all. In a…...