Govt paid $56,480 for undelivered Maina Soko oxygen plant, reveals AG
THE Auditor General’s Report has revealed that the Ministry of Defence paid US$56,480.20 to a South African Company to install an oxygen plant at Maina Soko Hospital, but it was not delivered. The Report also disclosed that the Ministry of Defence failed to avail information for auditing purposes on the rehabilitation and upgrading of Maina…...
You’ll regret voting me out: After I leave office, you’ll wish you didn’t remove me – Lungu
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu says Zambians will only see and appreciate what he has done for the country after he has left office. Speaking when he addressed chiefs in Chitambo District, Tuesday, President Lungu said that Zambians would only appreciate him after he left office as that had been the trend since the first Republican president…...
Anyone who refers to Findlay’s dealings refers to Lungu – State House police tells court
STATE House police divisional assistant commissioner Michael Malambo has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that anyone who refers to Valden Findlay’s dealings refers to President Edgar Lungu. He was testifying in a matter in which National Democratic Congress (NDC) party leader Chishimba Kambwili is charged with defamation of the President following a complaint filed in…...
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Lubinda’s shallow thinking against Article 52(6)
THE Patriotic Front and its members have continued mourning the demise of Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019. In the latest lamentations by the Minister of Justice, the Kabwata Constituency lawmaker is now suggesting that Article 52 (6) in the Republication Constitution is “Very dangerous and extremely toxic” because it will give an advantage…...
Auditor General’s Report biased – Honeybee
HONEYBEE Pharmacy says the Auditor General’s findings that it supplied drugs from unregistered manufacturers are not true. Last week, the Auditor General revealed that Honeybee Pharmacy supplied drugs from unregistered manufacturers such as paracetamol tablets that had mould like growth on the surfaces and did not meet acceptance criteria for the appearance test. But in…...
Listen to lawyers, not cadres, on Lungu’s eligibility, Bizeck tells PF
UNIVERSITY of Zambia (UNZA) political historian Professor Bizeck Phiri says the ruling PF needs to prepare a strong case on President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility because it is not an easy one to win. In an interview, Professor Phiri urged the ruling party to listen to the advice offered by learned lawyers, not party cadres, to…...
Lungu’s 2021 bid will leave PF stuck, cautions Katuka
UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the continued push for President Edagr Lungu to contest the 2021 general election is unconstitutional and will lead to the eventual downfall of the PF. In a statement, Katuka stated that the collapse of Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 10 of 2019 had exposed President Lungu’s determination to go for…...
Final COVID audit report will be a true reflection of what happened – DMMU
DISASTER Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) national coordinator Chanda Kabwe has maintained that the utilisation of COVID-19 funds has been transparent despite the Auditor General’s Interim Report on the utilisation of COVID-19 funds indicating a number of irregularities. And Kabwe says as one of the controlling officers summoned to exculpate themselves over the utilisation of…...
Wina lying that govt didn’t receive advice on Zambia’s debt – Nalumango
VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina is peddling lies to save government from the embarrassment of miserably failing to tackle Zambia’s debt crisis, says UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango. Late last month, Vice-President Wina told Parliament that there had never been formal advice from the opposition to the Finance Minister on how to manage Zambia’s debt, complaining that…...