News Diggers! ePaper Edition 812 Thursday November 5, 2020
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If anyone can issue NRCs from the backyard, we’ve a national security issue
LAST weekend, Lusaka Police surrounded the opposition UPND secretariat searching for National Registration Cards (NRCs) in an operation that ended in the detention of party member Anthony Bwalya. According to lawyer Marshal Muchende, the search warrant that police had was saying that the officers had reasons to believe that there were piles and piles of…...
TIZ demands full probe into COVID funds misapplication
TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) has demanded a full probe into the misapplication of COVID-19 funds and that stern action should be taken against perpetrators. Commenting on the recent Interim Auditor General’s Report on the audit of utilisation of COVID-19 resources which indicated that K1.3 billion was mismanaged, TI-Z chapter president Rueben Lifuka, in a statement,…...
AG explains how MoH withdrew K60m from Treasury account without approval
THE Interim Audit Report on the utilisation of COVID-19 resources for the period February 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020 has revealed that the Ministry of Health transferred K60,884,345 from a Treasury account without any explanation and approval from the Secretary to Treasury. And the Report also revealed that the Ministry of Health made cash…...
Mercy Mukwiza denies having sexual relationship with Sipanje
ZAMBIAN model Mercy Mukwiza has testified before the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that photographer Cornelius Chella Tukuta once asked her if he could take nude pictures of her but she refused. And Mukwiza has denied claims by Chella that Northern Province Permanent Secretary Charles Sipanje opened a shop for her at East Park in exchange for…...
Fire Siliya to protect your legacy, Sacika urges Lungu
FORMER secretary to the cabinet Dr Sketchley Sacika says President Edgar Lungu should fire Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dora Siliya because her tribal remarks are reckless and irresponsible. And Dr Sacika says the whole Bill 10 process was a fraud, urging President Lungu to emulate Dr Kenneth Kaunda in ensuring a consensus in the…...
UPND won’t win 2021 despite Bill 10’s demise – Sunday
PF MEDIA director Sunday Chanda says the ruling party is not disappointed that Bill 10 collapsed because the responsibility of its failure lies with the UPND. And Chanda says UPND will still fail to win next year’s general election despite having successfully derailed Bill 10. In an interview, Chanda argued that Bill 10 was not…...
Lubinda too emotional – Miti
ALLIANCE for Community Action (ACA) executive director Laura Miti says President Edgar Lungu should transfer Justice Minister Given Lubinda to another ministry because he is too emotional and will mislead the Head of State on other bad laws like Bill 10. And Miti says government has deliberately approved the one-month voter registration period to increase…...
FPI bemoans attempts to silence journalists, demands fair conclusion of Costa’s case
FREE Press Initiative Zambia founder Joan Chirwa has expressed concern that attacks on journalists remain unpunished. In a statement commemorating the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Tuesday, Chirwa said the arbitrary arrests of journalists on flimsy charges was sad, arguing that information didn’t get to the public as it should due…...
Cabinet cites 25 controlling officers as culprits in misuse of COVID-19, govt funds
CABINET Office says 25 controlling officers have been cited as culprits and charged pending disciplinary action on the misuse of COVID-19 funds and the continued mismanagement of public funds in various Ministries. On Monday, the Auditor General revealed in the Interim Audit Report on the utilisation of COVID-19 resources for the period February 1 to…...