Kalandanya seeks court order for PF to pay him K13.5m debt
KALANDANYA Music Promotions (KMP) proprietor Bwalya Kalandanya has urged the Lusaka High Court to order the PF to pay him the K13.5 million it owes him for music services rendered to the party during the 2021 general election campaigns. He has submitted that he has through his witnesses proved that the agreement with the PF…...
If you join a fight, don’t cry when they remove your teeth, hope Lungu is ready – Chama
WHEN you find nine people exchanging blows and you join in instead of stopping the fight, don’t cry when they remove your teeth, says Davies Chama, in apparent reference to former president Edgar Lungu. The suspended PF national chairperson further says time reveals even something that is deeply hidden. On Saturday, Lungu announced his return…...
“Unruly” PF cadres get K18 fine, community service
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has fined eight PF cadres K18 each after they pleaded guilty to the offence of idle and disorderly conduct. The court has also ordered them to offer 21 days of community service at the court premises. The eight are; Isaac Chewe, a 45-year-old driver of Garden House; Sydney Soko, 23, of…...
Police have left our secretariat, we don’t know for how long – Nakacinda
PF faction secretary general Raphael Nakacinda says police have recalled the officers that had camped at their secretariat. And Nakacinda says Inspector General of Police Graphel Musamba should be ashamed for hiding in the name of “protecting the lives of people” when his officers did not offer security to the “legitimate leaders of the party”…....
Dollar would have been at K40 if PF was still in office – Musokotwane
FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says sometimes, people are unnecessarily harsh on the performance of the UPND government. In an interview, Dr Musokotwane said the exchange rate would have been at K40 if PF was still in government. “I think people should also put things into perspective. This government has done more…...
We’re neutral, we can’t take sides in PF wrangles – Mwiimbu
HOME Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu says government is neutral and will not take any sides in the PF wrangles. Commenting on remarks by some PF officials who have continued to blame government for the confusion in their party, Mwiimbu said government does not delve into internal issues of political parties. He said…...
Mutti orders PF MPs to abide by new sitting plan
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti has ordered members of parliament on the left to abide by the new sitting arrangement as allocated by the Clerk’s office. When business resumed, Thursday, Zambezi East UPND member of parliament Brian Kambita rose on a point of order on whether members of parliament sitting on the left…...
Jay Jay gets 14 days suspension from Parley
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti yesterday suspended Petauke Independent member of parliament Emmanuel Jay Banda for 14 sitting days for disorderly conduct. During business, Banda had risen on a point of order and alleged that Speaker Mutti wanted to make his life difficult in the National Assembly. “Madam Speaker, (my point of order)…...
Speaker will suspend me – Kang’ombe
KAMFINSA PF member of parliament Christopher Kang’ombe says Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti will today suspend him and his colleagues from the House. And former leader of the opposition in parliament Brian Mundibile says the country can now be described as a Police State. Meanwhile, Nakonde PF member of parliament Lukas Simumba says…...
2,870 newborn deaths were recorded from Jan to Sept 2023 – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylva Masebo says the country has recorded 2,870 newborn deaths from January to September in 2023. Recently, Petauke Central Independent MP Emmanuel Jay Jay Banda raised a Matter of Urgent Public Importance in the National Assembly in which he said there was a rise in newborn deaths at Petauke District Hospital and that…...