I paid K200,000 PF nomination fee from my savings – Mundubile
PF presidential aspiring candidate Brian Mundubile says the K200, 000 paid as his nominations fees was from his savings, arguing that not every hardworking Zambian is a thief. And Mundubile says he wonders why the UPND has continued to brag about recruiting 30,000 teachers when it was actually PF which started that plan. Speaking when…...
Taxi driver narrates how client sent him to collect TV allegedly stolen from ECL’s house
A TAXI driver has narrated to the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court how one of his clients asked him to collect a television set from PF cadre, Angel Chipasha, on his behalf. Reuben Ngulube, 29, was testifying in a matter in which Chipasha is accused of breaking into former president Edgar Lungu’s house and stealing two television…...
People will decide if they want me to recontest in 2026, not PF – Chabinga
MAFINGA PF member of Parliament Robert Chabinga says it will be up to his constituents to decide whether he should recontest the seat in 2026, not the party. Following Chabinga’s recent remarks in which he pledged to work with President Hakainde Hichilema, former PF Secretary General Davies Mwila said the party would replace all disloyal…...
Katambo applauds Phiri for fulfilling promise on farming inputs distribution
FORMER agriculture minister Michael Katambo has applauded his successor, Mtolo Phiri for “fulfilling” the promise he made that farmers on the FISP programme will begin accessing farming inputs this week. On Wednesday, Phiri announced that farmers will begin receiving their inputs by yesterday, November 10, at the various depots across the country. In an interview,…...
PAC hears how K2.2m loan collateral was stolen from PSs office
THE Public Accounts Committee yesterday chased away the Ministry of Tourism for failing to explain how 14 title deeds submitted as collateral for loans amounting to K2,229,782 were ‘stolen’ from a safe and couldn’t be found as at August 31, 2022. The latest Auditor General’s report indicated that there was an uncollected Tourism Development Credit…...
Repeal of Criminal defamation of the President will set HH apart in Africa
Over the past five years, the government has used the charge of defamation of the president and elaborate legal arguments to arrest a number of critical opposition leaders, human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and other people simply for peacefully exercising their human rights. While the Constitution provides that the President can neither sue nor be…...
Waiver of Visas will unlock the country, boost economy – Muhanga
MINISTRY of Tourism Permanent Secretary Evans Muhanga says the government has done its homework to ensure that any revenue lost from the waiver of visa fees will be recouped through increased tourist arrivals. Recently, government announced the waiver of Visas for a number of countries including America, Canada, UK, China, Japan and some gulf states…...
Court quashes Chitotela’s immunity, orders that he stands trial
THE Lusaka High Court’s Economic and Financial Crimes Court has set aside Magistrate Jennifer Bwalya’s decision to discharge Ronald Chitotela of two counts of possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. The Court has ordered that the criminal proceedings should be recommenced against Chitotela, but before a different Magistrate. Magistrate Bwalya earlier discharged…...
Young MPs should show maturity in parley – Mulusa
GOVERNMENT Chief Whip Stafford Mulusa has urged young parliamentarians to show maturity while in Parliament so that more youths are voted as MPs. Lumezi independent member of parliament Munir Zulu reported back to Parliament this week after serving his 30-day suspension for saying “everyone here shaves their pubic hair, we’re all elders”. Zulu also vowed…...
EU signs Forest Partnership with Zambia
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the European Union-Zambia Forest Partnership. According to a statement issued by Chitendi Chiyengi from the Political, Press and Information Section, Delegation of the European Union to Zambia and COMESA, one of the objectives of the…...