Police pick Munir
POLICE in Lusaka have detained APNAC Secretary General Munir Zulu. Last week, Zulu alleged that Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi and Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane secretly appearing before the ACC and charged that they had each received US$250,000 bribes in relation to the Lusaka-Ndola dual carriageway project. His…...
Eight year old shoots friend dead
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy of Lusaka’s Makani East has shot dead his 11-year-old friend using his grandfather’s shotgun. In a statement, police deputy public relations officer Danny Mwale narrated that the boy was trying to show three of his invited friends his grandfather’s gun when he pulled the trigger and killed one of them. “An Eleven-year-old…...
We’ve not yet received good offer on Gulfstream – Lufuma
DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says government is not in a hurry to sell the Presidential jet. And Lufuma says there have been some potential buyers but so far, no good offer has come forth. In November last year, President Hakainde Hichilema said his government had started the process of selling the Gulfstream G650 presidential jet…...
Lufwanyama police nab G11 pupil for stabbing school mates
An 18-year-old grade 11 pupil of Lufwanyama Boarding School has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed two of his mates with a screwdriver. Lucky Kangwa is alleged to have differed with a school prefect who tried to correct him over school rules. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba explained in a statement that the suspect became…...
PF deserves credit for Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station – Mabumba
FORMER energy minister David Mabumba says PF deserves commendation for the newly commissioned Kafue Gorge Lower (KGL) Power Station. And Mabumba says contrary to President Hakainde Hichilema’s view, Zambia had a fantastic relationship with China when PF was in government. When commissioning the KGL on Friday, President Hichilema said PF had damaged Zambia’s relationship with…...
Political violence discouraging women’s participation in politics – SP
SOCIALIST Party Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says it will be difficult to attract more women into politics with the violence which has continued to be witnessed in the country. NGOCC Board Chairperson Grace Sinkamba recently expressed concern with the declining number of women participating in the electoral process. Sinkamba was commenting on the validly nominated candidates…...
Selective tendering led to contractual dispute between govt and Kapesika – OMCAZ
THE Oil Marketing Companies Association of Zambia says government needs to create a legal framework to dictate the leasing process of fuel tanker trucks within the youth empowerment programme. And the Association says issues surrounding government’s contractual dispute with Kapesika Energy and Petroleum Limited can be attributed to the selective tender which was used during…...
Negative narratives drawing us backwards – Haimbe
JUSTICE Minister Mulambo Haimbe says Zambians are being taken backwards by the opposition who are peddling negative narratives about what government is trying to achieve. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, Haimbe said negative narratives were drawing the country backwards. “I think that the people of Zambia are being taken backwards by some…...
Debt restructuring delays putting pressure on Kwacha – BoZ
THE Bank of Zambia says the unexpectedly long delays in concluding Zambia’s debt restructuring process have heavily influenced continuous pressure in the foreign exchange market. According to the Bank of Zambia daily market rates, the Kwacha was buying at 20.9563 against the US dollar and selling at 21.0038 as at 09:30 hours, Thursday. In an…...
Miles is destroying his political career – Lusambo
PF member Bowman Lusambo says Miles Sampa is only destroying his political career because he has no capacity to destroy the opposition party. In an interview, Friday, Lusambo said he would engage Sampa via a phone call in order to tell him “to stop what he was doing”. “I will call Miles today, I want…...