Politicians have short, selective memories like honey bees
THE Patriotic Front says the summoning and subsequent arrest of its vice-president Given Lubinda over remarks he made towards Speaker of the National Assembly Nelly Mutti is an abuse of the law and State Institutions. The former ruling party, through its Information and Publicity Chairperson Raphael Nakacinda contends that the National Assembly does not have…...
Justice Muma won’t get fair trial because UPND is weaponising the law – Chisanga
PF Chairperson for Legal Affairs George Chisanga says the suspension of Mongu High Court judge Wilfred Muma has created more confusion and proven that UPND is weaponising the law against people they don’t like. On Friday, State House Chief Communications Specialist Clayson Hamasaka announced that President Hakainde Hichilema had suspended Justice Muma from exercising his…...
We haven’t run out of partial withdraw funds – NAPSA
THE National Pension Scheme Authority (NAPSA) has refuted reports that the pension fund has halted the payment of pre-retirement lumpsum benefits because it has run out of funds. Meanwhile, the authority has disclosed that so far, it has paid out a total of K3.9 billion to over 128,000 members since it commenced partial withdrawal payment…...
ZLA commends govt on digitisation of land information system
THE Zambia Land Alliance (ZLA) has commended the government for the successful digitisation of the Land Information System. In a statement, Monday, ZLA Executive Director Patrick Musole said not only would the transition to digital land information management systems put an end to the era of missing files, but it would also end corruption. “Zambia…...
New VXs were bought during PF’s time, delivered after elections – Kawana
MINISTRY of Information and Media Director and Spokesperson Thabo Kawana says there is no minister using a new VX motor vehicle as they are all using land cruisers left by the previous regime. Kawana further says the new VXs that have been identified were bought during PF’s time, shortly before elections but were only delivered…...
We won’t call you a thief and mess you up, unless we have evidence – DEC
UNDER my leadership, we will not call you a thief just to mess up your name, by the time we announce, we’ll have evidence and even the people on the street will say ‘that makes sense’, says new Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Nason Banda. And Banda says the commission wants to catch up…...
HPCZ Registrar’s “lazy” remarks anger UNZA students
THE University of Zambia Students Union (UNZASU) has requested HPCZ Registrar Fastone Goma to retract his statement that UNZA medical students are lazy compared to their peers at the Lusaka Apex Medical University. UNZASU Minister of Information, Research and Employment Sydney Mushili has since challenged the council to release the indexes used to measure confidence…....
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