Court grants SP youth secretary K50,000 bail
SOCIALIST Party national youth secretary Gabriel Banda has been granted K50,000 bail by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court with two working sureties. Banda is charged with proposing violence or breaches of the law to assemblies Contrary to Section 91(a)(b)(c) of the Penal Code Chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia. It is alleged that Banda, on…...
Report isn’t doctored, audit queries have reduced because of govt pronouncements – AG
AUDITOR General Dr Ron Mwambwa says there is a reduction in audit queries in his report on the Accounts of the Republic for the Financial Year ended December 2022 because there was a clear pronouncement by government. And Dr Mwambwa has dismissed claims that the Ministry of Agriculture refused to avail audit documents to his…...
Having a big tummy means someone isn’t healthy – Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has encouraged members of parliament to emulate former president Edgar Lungu by jogging because it a good way of leading a healthy lifestyle. And Masebo says people with big tummies are not healthy. Masebo said this after Milenge member of parliament Gystave Chonde asked what age group had been affected by…...
We have ratio of 1 eye doctor to 400,000 people in Zambia – Expert
UNIVERSITY Teaching Hospital (UTH)’s Eye Hospital Senior Medical Superintendent Dr Zipporah Phiri says Zambia only has 50 eye doctors. Speaking during the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital (FEH) Project welcoming ceremony, Wednesday, Dr Phiri said the country had a ratio of one eye doctor to 400,000 people, which was below the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s minimum…...
Farmers in formal employment irregularly got inputs worth K15m – AG
THE Auditor General’s report on the Accounts of the Republic for the financial year ended December 31, 2022, has revealed that a total of 38,539 farmers in formal employment were irregularly included on the approved farmer beneficiary list and got inputs in amounts totalling K15,415,600. The report indicated that the 2022/2023 FISP Direct Input Supply…...
Up close with VEEP Nalumango as she discuses politics, cost of living, relationship with HH
IN this exclusive interview, News Diggers gets up close with Republican Vice-President Mutale Nalumango, as she discusses the state of affairs in the country, ranging from solutions to the high cost of living, alleged bias by the Speaker of the National Assembly, her relationship with the Republican President and manoeuvres by the former president to…...
THE PERIL OF PRESIDENTIAL STAFF WHO ENGAGE IN SELF-PROMOTION
In the realm of political leadership, the actions and behaviours of individuals within a presidential team carry immense weight and significance. When staff members within the presidential administration indulges in self – promotion, leveraging various platforms like social media, magazine interviews and front covers to portray themselves as the linchpin of success, it raises serious […]
Expel those bringing confusion, it’s better for PF to remain with 5 MPs – Chilangwa
KAWAMBWA PF member of parliament Nickson Chilangwa says it’s better for the party to remain with five MPs than keeping those who are bringing confusion. And Chilangwa says it was right for the party to appoint Raphael Nakacinda as secretary general while he was in prison because the party needs to move. Meanwhile, Chilangwa says…...
Nakacinda, protestors distance PF from planned protests on Oct 18
PF Secretary General Raphael Nakacinda says it is delusional for Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa to claim that his party is among those intending to hold demonstrations on October 18, a day meant for prayers. And representatives of those intending to protest have denied the involvement of any political party, saying the movement is driven…...
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