Mwila could’ve been drunk when he commented on meal allowances – Ngoma
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s political advisor Levy Ngoma says former PF secretary general Davies Mwila could’ve been intoxicated when he said government has created serious problems for itself by reintroducing meal allowances. Yesterday, Mwila said government had created serious problems for itself by reintroducing meal allowances when there’s no money, projecting that students will be protesting…...
2.7m eligible Zambians remain unvaccinated – CDC
CENTRE for Disease Control (CDC) country director Dr Andrew Auld says Zambia has fully vaccinated over 6.2 million eligible people, but 2.7 million remain unvaccinated and at risk. And Munali UPND member of parliament Mike Mposha says the battle against Covid-19 is not yet won. Speaking during the re-launch of the 2022 Covid-19 vaccination campaign […]
We’ve engaged DRC over attacks on our truck drivers – Tayali
TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says government is in talks with Congolese authorities to address attacks on Zambian truck drivers in that country. Due to attacks, Zambian truck drivers have avoided entry into that country, in protest, via the Mokambo border post in Mufulira since Monday. In an interview, Wednesday, Tayali assured that government…...
No one accessed K365m empowerment fund from 2022 budget, we were cleaning up CEEC – Mubanga
MINISTER of Small and Medium Enterprises Elias Mubanga says no one has accessed any money from the K365 million allocated in the 2022 budget because his ministry was preoccupied with cleaning up CEEC in order to enhance accountability. In an interview, Wednesday, Mubanga said the Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) had been politicised by the…...
Protesting Kitwe enumerators submitted wrong bank details – Zamstats
ZAMBIA Statistics Agency Interim Statistician General Mulenga Musepa says the delay in paying protesting Kitwe census enumerators was due to their submission of wrong bank details. And Musepa says all the protesting enumerators were paid on Friday last week after correcting their Ecobank details. Meanwhile, Musepa says the agency has commenced payment of the 60…...
Malanji, Lusambo seek to join Kanengo’s case
JOSEPH Malanji and Bowman Lusambo have asked the Constitutional Court to join them to a matter in which Kabushi UPND aspiring candidate Bernard Kanengo is seeking an interpretation of whether the 21 days prescribed to hear matters of nominations can be stayed or extended. The two have argued that they are interested parties and should,…...
It was hard to get breakthrough because abductors targeted those familiar to them – Mwiimbu
MINISTER of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu says the Police worked tirelessly to pursue abduction cases, but what complicated having a breakthrough was that the abductors targeted people who were familiar to them. And Mwiimbu says one of the arrested criminals’ remarks that police did nothing to rescue the 13 abducted girls was…...
DEC nabs Kalandanya, KBF, 3 others for money laundering activities involving over K6m
THE Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit, has arrested Lusaka businessman Bwalya Kalandanya and four others for money laundering activities involving over K6 million. The Commission has further arrested Lusaka lawyer Kelvin Fube Bwalya for Failure to report a suspicious transaction. In a statement, Wednesday, DEC Deputy Public Relations Officer Delight…...
Chitalu’s arrest a witch-hunt, it’ll end in tears – Lawyer
FORMER health minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya’s lawyer Tutwa Ngulube says his client will be vindicated, describing his arrest as a witch-hunt. And Ngulube, who also represents Honeybee, says the institution will drag government back to the High Court for failing to pay for the drugs it supplied. Yesterday, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) arrested Chilufya,…...
HH acknowledges France’s support towards debt restructuring
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has thanked the French government for its support towards Zambia’s debt restructuring process. On the other hand, French Minister of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou has delivered President Emmanuel Macron’s letter to President Hichilema, inviting the Zambian leader to visit Paris next year. Speaking during a meeting with…...