We still sponsor Nkana – Mopani
DESPITE Mining giant Mopani Copper Mines (MCM) informing Nkana that it will not fund the club next season, club president Joseph Silwimba has claimed that the Mine is still bankrolling the team. Last week, in a letter signed by company chief executive officer Charles Sakanya, Mopani informed the club that it has no money to […]
Lumumba is right, there’s a lot Lungu can do after leaving office
KENYAN Professor of Law Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba says President Edgar Lungu must consider leaving office with dignity at the end of his current term so that he can join other former African heads of state who are leading the continent in other capacities. Prof Lumumba contends that there are many things one can do…...
Being a judge or magistrate is a privilege, not an advantage
THE decision by the Judicial Complaints Commission to recommend the removal of High Court Registrar David Simusamba from the judiciary because of the conduct he exhibited during the time that he served as Lusaka Magistrate makes sad reading. We hope our brother will be able to successfully exculpate himself. However, the development serves as a…...
Mwila nullifies the Lusambo-appointed mobilisation committee
PATRIOTIC Front Secretary General Davis Mwila has nullified the appointments of the Masaiti District PF mobilization committee. The Masaiti District Committee was appointed by Copperbelt Mobilization Chairman Bowman Lusambo. According to a letter addressed to Lusambo and seen by News Diggers! Mwila said all appointments should be made through the PF National Mobilization Chairman and…...
We agree with LAZ that ConCourt didn’t deal with eligibility, but Lungu qualifies – Mundubile
PATRIOTIC Front chairperson for legal affairs Brian Mundubile says the Patriotic Front agrees with the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) position that the Constitutional Court did not deal with President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility for the 2021 election. Mundubile, however, insists that President Lungu is eligible to stand in 2021 because he will have only served…...
Lungu must go, no animals should be more equal than others – Telesphore
ARCHBISHOP Telesphore Mpundu says it is lawlessness of the highest order to restore an expired Bill in Parliament. And Archbishop Mpundu says President Edgar Lungu should listen to the voice of Zambians who are telling him “thank you very much for your luckless time in State House but now time has come for you to…...
With or without Bill 10, PF can continue in power after 2021 – Tutwa
LEADER of the Opposition Jack Mwiimbu has insisted that Bill 10 died on June 4 adding that PF wants to use it as their ventilator which can prolong President Edgar Lungu’s tenure of office. But deputy chief whip Tutwa Ngulube says with or without Bill 10, the PF can continue in power after 2021. Debating…...
Much as we blame the system for losses, we also need buttoning up – UPND
MAZABUKA Central member of parliament Gary Nkombo says the UPND has got a lot of buttoning up to do evidenced by the loss of the just ended parliamentary by-elections in Lukashya and Mwansabombwe constituencies. And Nkombo says President Edgar Lungu will be remembered for the degeneration of law and order in Zambia. Speaking when he…...
Govt yet to decide mode of action in probing privatisation saga – Wina
VICE-President Inonge Wina says government has not yet decided on which mode of action to use in dealing with the involvement of public figures in the privatisation process. And Vice-President Wina says President Edgar Lungu has not failed to run the economy of this country following the abrupt dismissal of former Bank of Zambia (BoZ)…...
LAZ to meet IG over lawlessness among cadres
Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) Honorary Secretary Sokwani Chilembo says the association will soon meet Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja to discuss lawlessness being exhibited by political cadres which cannot be allowed to continue. In a statement, Friday, Chilembo condemned some Kasama police officers who did not take any action as PF cadres destroyed…...