Ndola man gets 25 years for defiling 3 year old
NDOLA High Court Judge in-Charge Emelia Sunkutu has sentenced a 26-year-old man to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling a three-year-old baby. This is in a case where Evans Mwansa stood charged with defilement contrary to the Laws of Zambia. Judge Sunkutu said evidence produced before the lower court supported the charge and…...
Lungu sustaining thriving environment for corruption – UPND
UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the mismanagement of K1.3 billion COVID-19 funds should be an indication to Zambians that the PF government cannot be trusted with the management of public resources. In a statement, Thursday, Katuka said President Edgar Lungu seemed to be sustaining a thriving environment for the plunder of public resources. “We,…...
Chibamba seeks declaration that he is reigning Senior Chief Shakumbila
DETHRONED Senior Chief Shakumbila, Patrick Chibamba, has dragged newly appointed Chief Shakumbila, Netta Shimwambwa Shakumbila and two others to the Lusaka High Court, seeking a declaration that the attempt to dethrone him is illegal. Chibamba who has also sued Ackson Shibalanga and Edgar Mwambula is seeking a declaration that he is the current and reigning…...
Kawambwa property owner sues Chitotela over K397,000 rentals
A PROPERTY owner in Kawambwa, Luapula Province, has sued Minister of Tourism and Arts Ronald Chitotela in the Lusaka High Court for unpaid rentals of over K300,000. Charles Mpundu, a proprietor of Plot No. 291 in Kawambwa, explained that Chitotela was a tenant of the said premises having leased a warehouse on the said land…...
Ghost of Bill 10 will haunt UPND, they’ll pay for killing it – Lungu
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says the ghost of Bill 10 will haunt the UPND for killing it, and that come 2021, the opposition party will pay for doing that. And President Lungu has insisted that he is eligible to stand in next year’s general elections. Speaking when he met the clergy in Kapiri Mposhi, Thursday, President…...
It’s impossible to register 20,000 inmates in a week – Musa
FORMER Attorney General Musa Mwenye State Counsel says it is impossible to register 20,000 prisoners in a week. And Mwenye says the registration process is painfully slow. On Wednesday, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) said the voter registration for prisoners in correctional facilities would be conducted in the last phase of the mobile registration…...
ECZ explains slow voter registration process: Our officers still familiarizing themselves with equipment
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says the officer who have been deployed to undertake the voters registration exercise are still familiarizing themselves with the equipment. But ECZ says despite the slow start to the exercise, the Commission is confident that it will reach its target of registering 9 million voters. And ECZ has banned…...
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Judge Nkonde faces removal as court lifts injunction
THE Lusaka High Court has lifted an injunction filed by Judge Sunday Nkonde preventing preventing the President from suspending him to pave way for judicial review over his alleged misconduct, following recommendation from the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) in 2018. This a matter in which Judge Nkonde, as an applicant of an injunction, challenged the…...
Ba Lungu lekeni ubufi, which judge declared you eligible to stand in 2021?
President Lungu is asking why his critics are making noise about his eligibility when the Constitutional Court already declared that he only served one term. We are shocked to hear this from a president who is a lawyer. We are surprised that President Lungu has joined the lying clique in the PF. How did the…...