4 suppliers sue ZPPA, MoA challenging direct selection of bids in fertiliser tender
FOUR suppliers have dragged ZPPA and the Ministry of Agriculture to court over government’s decision to terminate the fertiliser tender after being recognised as the Best Evaluated Bidders. The four firms are also challenging the move by the ministry to use the direct bidding procedure. Evergreen Fertilizer Limited, Stoutone Investments Limited, Samar Agro Investments Limited…...
It’s time a woman took over PF – Nyirenda
FEMALE PF presidential aspirant Brenda Nyirenda says it’s time a woman took over the leadership mantle in the former ruling party because she feels serious leadership is lacking. And Nyirenda has lamented that the non-refundable application fees for female presidential aspirants of K100,000 are too exorbitant. The PF has called on bonafide registered members wishing…...
Minister justifies direct selection for fertiliser supply
AGRICULTURE Minister Mtolo Phiri says his Ministry was guided by the Zambia Public Procurement Authority to directly select fertiliser suppliers for the 2022 to 2023 farming season due to time constraints. And Phiri refuted Emmanuel Mwamba’s claims that the Ministry had awarded Alpha Commodities a tender worth $65 million, asking the former…...
HH abolished religious ministry to pave way for immorality – Sumaili
FORMER religious affairs minister Godfridah Sumaili says one of the first things President Hakainde Hichilema did was to get rid of her ministry in order to pave way for immorality. And Sumaili says it’s sad that a Christian nation like Zambia can start experiencing abominations like the prevailing sodomy cases. Home Affairs and Internal Security…...
It’s embarrassing for UPND to keep using PF to justify their failures – Chama
PF National Chairperson Davies Chama says it is embarrassing for UPND to keep blaming the previous administration for all its failures. On Wednesday, UPND Deputy Secretary General Gertrude Imenda said youths in UPND were not benefiting from government jobs and contracts because PF was still in charge of the system. “It is what is called…...
Restoring Zambia’s economy has not been easy, HH tells UNGA
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says restoring the country’s economy in the past one year has been difficult to achieve. Addressing the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Hichilema said despite the overwhelming challenges, government was resolved to rebuilding the country’s economy. “Despite the challenges in the external environment, we…...
Haimbe is using Lubinda’s Bill 10 arguments to push for constitution changes
JUSTICE Minister Honourable Mulambo Haimbe insists that a majority of Zambians are in favour of a holistic Constitution reform process, arguing that the current law needs cleaning. The minister adds that even during the Patriotic Front’s regime, the Constitution needed to be amended, but people opposed the move because of the wrong methodology which the…...
Mosquitoes terrorise lawmakers
CHITAMBO PF member of parliament Remember Mutale yesterday rose on a point of order complaining that mosquitoes were terrorising the House and Parliament Motel. And in her ruling on his point of order, Speaker Nelly Mutti said even her office was affected. During business, Mutale wanted to find out if the Chief Whip was in…...
2 deny sodomising Chililabombwe DJ
THE two Chililabombwe men accused of sodomising a club DJ have pleaded not guilty to the charges. This is a case in which a 23-year-old man of Chililabombwe was allegedly sodomised by three male persons on September 14, 2022, but only two were apprehended while one is still on the run. When the matter came…...
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