ACC hands over properties forfeited to State in Kapoko’s case to govt
ACC has handed over properties worth over K19 million to various government ministries and departments that were forfeited to the State in a case involving former Ministry of Health Chief Human Resource Officer Henry Kapoko. In a statement, ACC Head of Corporate Communication Timothy Moono said properties which included houses and a guest house, among…...
Zambia’s population hits 19m
ZAMBIA Statistics Agency (Zamstats) Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa has announced that the country’s population according to preliminary results of the 2022 census of population now stands at 19,610,769. Musepa says Lusaka Province recorded the highest population at over 3 million while Muchinga Province recorded the least. The Zamstats Interim Statistician General, however, says the…...
FIC sanctions 3 real estate agents
THE Financial Intelligence Centre has sanctioned Cheers Real Estate Limited, OAKTREE Real Estate and Anderson & Anderson Valuation surveyors for failure to establish and implement Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism compliance programmes.. According to a public notice, FIC Acting Director General Liya Tembo said the three real estate agents had been sanctioned in form…...
We’re intensifying highway traffic patrols this festive period – police
INSPECTOR General of Police Lemmy Kajoba says the police service is intensifying highway traffic patrols on all major roads during this festive period as a proactive measure to reduce road traffic accidents. Speaking during the flagging off of the road safety awareness programme under the theme ‘working together to reduce road traffic accidents’, Kajoba said…...
Police nabs security guards in connection with theft at Muvi TV
POLICE has formally charged and arrested four suspects, among them two security guards, in connection with the theft which recently occurred at Muvi television. Police has further apprehended three more suspects in connection with the malicious damage to property involving Flash buses, which were damaged on December 18 in Lusaka. In a statement, Thursday, Deputy…...
My support for HH is genuine – Kelvin Sampa
FORMER Kasama Central PF member of parliament Kelvin Sampa says his support for President Hakainde Hichilema is genuine, and not because there are court cases against him. The Lusaka High Court recently ordered Sampa to pay back Mbaruku Trading Limited the K1.2 million he paid himself as commission instead of paying ZRA. But in an…...
We need a law to punish those who sell, buy from streets – VEEP
VICE-PRESIDENT Mutale Nalumango says the rehabilitated City Market will accommodate about 4,000 traders. And Vice-President Nalumango says the country needs a law aimed at punishing those who buy and sell from the streets instead of designated markets. Meanwhile, Vice-President Nalumango says UPND cadres are free to trade in the markets as long as they don’t…...
ACC awards ZRA for best integrity committee
SECRETARY to Cabinet Patrick Kangwa has directed public bodies which have not established integrity committees to do so, immediately. The Zambia Revenue Authority has emerged overall Best Integrity Committee for 2022 and received the ‘Integrity Champion Award’ while Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority scooped second, with RTSA coming third in the same category. Speaking…...
N/Western minister blames PF for poverty, poor infrastructure in his province
NORTH-WESTERN Province Minister Robert Lihefu has attributed the poverty and poor infrastructure in his province to the PF government’s failure to put up infrastructure there. In an interview, Lihefu lamented that North-Western Province ranks as the second poorest province in terms of infrastructure, the first province being Luapula. “North-Western Province is the second poorest in…...
PF on a path of reform, we’ve leant from our mistakes – Ng’andu
FORMER Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu says PF is on a path of reform, having learnt from its past mistakes. In an interview, Dr Ng’andu said any organisation was capable of rising above its own history and doing better. “What is important is to observe what is happening and when you talk about violence, it…...