AG query to ACC over K65m saga was a misunderstanding – Minister
ACTING Finance and National Planning Minister Charles Milupi says the Auditor General’s management letter to the Anti-Corruption Commission which questioned the whereabouts of Faith Musonda’s forfeited funds was written because of a misunderstanding. Meanwhile, Milupi says investigative offices have been tasked to ascertain which banks provided the forfeited funds, in response to Bweengwa UPND member…...
Chama reacts to DEC seizures: “Lungu can’t steal”
PF National Chairperson Davies Chama says he has worked with former president Edgar Lungu and, therefore, knows that he hasn’t stolen any money or hidden funds anywhere. And Chama says he doesn’t understand the UPND government’s excitement, warning that whatever they are doing to others now might also be done to them in future. Recently,…...
HH expresses desperation for debt resolution
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia’s debt needs to be resolved soon because “we simply have no headroom” and Cabinet is having to think outside the box in order to meet certain expectations. And Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he doesn’t mean to belittle some African leaders’ recent peace visit to Ukraine and Russia, but he…...
PF can’t lose MPs because law bars us from defecting easily – Mumba
KANTANSHI PF member of parliament Anthony Mumba says PF vice-president Given Lubinda must actually thank the Constitution for making it hard for PF members of parliament to leave the party until 2026. And Mumba says he feels vindicated after Lubinda admitted that the announcement to hold a general conference was made emotionally. Commenting on Lubinda’s…...
Zambian neurosurgeons are now able to remove brain tumours through the nose – ZMA
ZAMBIA Medical Association (ZMA) Secretary General Dr Kaumba Tolopu says the country has enough skilled neurosurgeons but government needs to buy more machinery to make their work easier. And Dr Tolopu says Zambian neurosurgeons have become so sophisticated that they are now able to remove some brain tumours through the nose. Recently, Maina Soko Medical…...
Malanji’s helicopter is supposed to be in SA – Makebi
FORMER foreign affairs minister Joseph Malanji’s lawyer Makebi Zulu says Justice Minister Mulambo Haimbe should behave himself because he is attracting contempt proceedings by commenting on the seizure of his client’s helicopter. Meanwhile, Zulu has confirmed that Lusaka Lawyer Jonas Zimba will appear at the Anti-Corruption Commission next week on Tuesday. On Saturday, DEC, in…...
PF members breaking laws which they enacted – Milupi
INFRASTRUCTURE, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says PF members are being arrested for breaking the same laws which they enacted whilst they were still in power. And Milupi says opposition parliamentarians should prove that he indeed presented false deposit slips of Faith Musonda’s K65 million and $57,000 to the National Assembly. Commenting on…...
Kwacha appreciation unsustainable – Sensio
FORMER Kasenengwa PF member of parliament Sensio Banda says the recent Kwacha appreciation is unsustainable. According to the money market on the Bank of Zambia website as at 12:30 hours, Wednesday, the Kwacha was buying at 17.5131 and selling at 17.5631. In a Facebook post, Wednesday, Banda said despite not being privy to the details…...
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We’ve prioritised fight against corruption because of its devastating effects – Kangwa
SECRETARY to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa says government has prioritised the fight against corruption because of the devastating effects it has on a country’s development. Speaking during the launch of a handbook for Integrity Committees on corruption prevention, Tuesday, Kangwa said public service workers have a mammoth task of protecting resources under their care. “The fight…...