I can make Zambians millionaires as President – GBM
PF presidential aspirant Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba says he wishes to become President someday so that he can make Zambians millionaires by giving them multibillion-dollar business contracts. And Mwamba says if the country was to hold general elections today, PF would beat UPND by over two million votes because it’s still a “force to reckon with”…....
ConCourt refuses to join Esau Chulu to Emily Sikazwe’s case
THE Constitutional Court has dismissed the Attorney General’s application to join former ECZ chairperson Esau Chulu to a matter in which his former vice chairperson, Emily Sikazwe, is challenging the President’s decision to “prematurely” fire her. In a ruling delivered on November 11, 2022, Constitutional Court judge Judith Mulongoti dismissed the Attorney General’s application on…...
Police charge journalists who filmed Tayali’s arrest with disorderly conduct
VARIOUS stakeholders have condemned the police’s action of detaining two Muvi TV journalists who went to film a police raid at Chilufya Tayali’s house on Sunday evening. And Police have charged the two journalists with disorderly conduct and released them after they paid an Admission of Guilty Fine. Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba…...
All audits are better done by Auditor General, says Defence Minister
DEFENCE Minister Ambrose Lufuma says all audits are better done by the Office of Auditor General, and has wondered that maybe the Auditor General has valid reasons for sub-contracting a private firm to audit security wings. And Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha says the Auditor General is entitled to sub-contract, and wondered whether foreigners were not…...
Boat operator to serve 1 year for causing death of 6 SDA youths
LUSAKA High Court Judge Kenneth Mulife has convicted and sentenced a 25-year-old coxswain to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for causing the death of six SDA youths on Lake Kariba. Justice Mulife jailed Jonathan Haajaya but acquitted his co-accused, Osborne Mambo and Tyson Hachiyako after he found them not guilty of the six counts…...
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UPND, police and the shameless arrest of journalists
THE arrest of journalists who filmed a police operation at Chilufya Tayali’s house cannot pass without comment. It is as barbaric an action as it sounds. At this age in our democracy, people cannot be reading news about the arrest of journalists in the line of duty. It is unacceptable, and those who have come…...
News Diggers! ePaper Edition 1343 Tuesday November 15, 2022
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Don’t say things in the loo, says a govt that hates criticism
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged cooperating partners and citizens to openly tell his government where things are not being done properly, instead of saying things “in the loo”. Speaking when he officiated at the launch of the Saving Lives and Livelihoods Initiative, Friday, President Hichilema said people should be open with governments if there were…...
We follow money, not individuals – DEC
DRUG Enforcement Commission (DEC) Director General Mary Chirwa says the Commission doesn’t target individuals when investigating financial crimes but simply follows the money and suspected illegal property. And Chirwa says DEC does its work in a professional manner, without fear or favour, and doesn’t do anything outside the law. A document recently leaked in which…...