Treating State assets like personal property
ON Tuesday, the Minister of Finance Honourable Situmbeko Musokotwane, Minister of Mines Honourable Paul Kabuswe, ZCCM-IH board chairman Dorika Banda and other top ranking government officials held a joint press conference to explain the deal entered into between First Quantum Minerals (FQM) and our government through ZCCM-IH. In summary, the government maintained that the transaction…...
It doesn’t matter who started projects, we’ll finish them – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says it doesn’t matter which government started a particular project, adding that his administration will complete the unfinished ones as long as they benefit citizens and the economy. The President has, however, expressed concern about the number of roadblocks on the local routes. Speaking during the official opening of the Mchinji-Mwami One-Stop…...
Half-naked woman found chained at Freedom Statue
POLICE say they are investigating a matter in which a 28-year-old woman of Lusaka’s Emmasdale area was found chained to the bars of the Freedom Statue fence, half-naked and in a drunken state. Confirming the incident in a statement, deputy police public relations officer Danny Mwale said the woman, identified as Dorcas Nachibona, was discovered…...
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Court orders Sampa to refund K1.2m commission he got from alcohol company
THE Lusaka High Court has ordered former Kasama PF MP Kelvin Sampa to pay back Mbaruku Trading Limited the K1.2 million he paid himself as commission, instead of paying ZRA. High Court Judge Koreen Mwenda-Zimba has entered judgement in favour of the Alcohol trading company against Sampa for the sum of K1,220,843. Earlier this year,…...
LEAs to blame for collapse of amnesty, they scandalise immunity agreements – PF
PF presidential aspirant Emmanuel Mwamba says law enforcement agencies’ actions of scandalising their earlier agreements with suspects have undermined the amnesty process and recovery of assets suspected to be proceeds of crime. On Friday, Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Mary Chirwa said offering criminals amnesty was not effective, adding that investigative wings just needed…...
4th-year CBU student kills himself
A FOURTH-YEAR Copperbelt University medical student aged 24 has committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree. Copperbelt Police Commissioner Peacewell Mweemba, who confirmed the incident, said the deceased’s aunt suspects that her nephew took his own life after accumulating so much debt. He explained that the incident was reported to the police by a…...
Education, health and CDF are critical audit areas for 2023 – AG
AUDITOR General Dr Dick Sichembe has urged his staff to pay particular attention to developments that have taken place in education and health sectors as well as CDF, which he says are critical audit areas for 2023. Dr Sichembe has also urged members of staff to continue striving for excellence and upholding professionalism in their…...
UPND is insulting civil servants by linking them to us – PF
PF presidential hopeful Greyford Monde has questioned the kind of hatred UPND has for PF that it has continued blaming the former ruling party for everything. And Matero PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says the UPND will now start blaming God for their failures. UPND deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda recently said most of…...