Feira MP has been misleading people on mining in the Lower Zambezi – Nzovu
GREEN Economy and Environment Minister Collins Nzovu has accused Feira PF MP Emmanuel Tembo of misleading people on the issue of allowing mining activities in the Lower Zambezi. On Tuesday, government disclosed that it had upheld the Zambia Environmental Management Agency’s decision to cancel the decision letter issued to Mwembeshi Resources Limited to conduct mining…...
We’ll support the Ministry of Health, World Bank tells Masebo
WORLD Bank Country Manager Achim Fock says the institution will provide financing for the Ministry of Health to attain its goals. And Health Minister Sylvia says the ministry is grateful for the support that World Bank has rendered to implement various programmes. Speaking when World Bank officials paid a courtesy call on Masebo, Thursday, Fock…...
Citizens perpetuating corruption at Ministry of Lands – Muchima
LANDS Minister Elijah Muchima says the public is perpetuating corruption at his ministry by not reporting officers who demand for money in order to offer a service. And Muchima has rubbished claims that the democratic space is shrinking in the country, arguing that Zambia’s current environment could not be compared to what it was under…...
Mutti is a hard nut to crack – Imenda
UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda says Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has shown that she is a tough nut to crack. On Tuesday former leader of opposition Brian Mundubile said democracy was under threat as cadrism was now in the Presiding Officers in parliament. In an interview, Wednesday, Imenda said the PF…...
Emoluments Commission hindering growth of trade industry – Chitotela
PAMBASHE PF MP Ronald Chitotela has appealed to President Hakainde Hichilema to repeal the Emoluments Commission. Meanwhile, Vice President Mutale Nalumango says the Emoluments Commission is worth supporting. Speaking when debating in the National Assembly on the Emoluments Commission budget, Wednesday, Chitolela said the commission was hindering growth of the trade industry. “When the Emoluments…...
ZAMMSA has procured defective Erythromycin, Masebo tells Parley
HEALTH Minister Sylva Masebo has revealed that ZAMMSA procured defective Erythromycin drugs which were delivered in the last consignment. This was revealed in the National Assembly when Bahati PF MP Leevan Chibombwe raised a matter of urgent importance asking how Masebo was quiet when her ministry had procured defective Erythromycin. “Recently the government procured health…...
We’ll be tougher in the way we manage parastatals – Govt
THE Ministry of Finance and National Planning says government will now be tougher in the way it manages state owned companies because most of them are not generating sufficient revenue. The Auditor General’s report on the Accounts of the Republic for the Financial Year ended 31st December, 2022, indicated that the approved interest on loans…...
Masebo angers Zambeef for discouraging meat consumption
ZAMBEEF Products corporate affairs executive Ezekiel Sekele has condemned Health Minister Sylvia Masebo for discouraging meat consumption, saying that she can stop if she wants but shouldn’t instigate the public. And Sekele says ZAMBEEF has registered a decline in the sales of meat products, lamenting that citizens are now scared to buy beef because of…...
Introducing 20kg bag of mealie meal isn’t reducing the price – Chitotela
PAMBASHE PF MP Ronald Chitotela says the UPND government should not cheat itself that it has managed to reduce the price of mealie meal with the new 20kg breakfast mealie meal pegged at K189. But Katombola UPND MP Clement Andeleki has argued that the 20kg package will give Zambians a choice on what quantity to…...
It’s my brother’s house, explains Kabuswe
MINES and Minerals Development Minister Paul Kabuswe has refuted allegations that he is building a mansion from an unexplained source of money. The minister has explained that the house shown in some viral photographs yesterday belongs to his brother Davies. Meanwhile, Davies says he started building the house over three years ago. A number of…...