Walking the Talk on Policy Pronouncements: The Economic Cost of Chaotic Policies
The Seventh National Development Plan (7NDP) which comes to an end in 2021 has been the primary guiding document underpinning Zambia’s development agenda since 2017. Since we are inching towards the end of the plan, it is important that a critique is conducted using the evidence that is currently obtaining on the ground. The pillar […]
Chitalu insists it’s 15 MPs infected with covid
HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has insisted that it is 15 members of parliament who are COVID-19 positive. And Dr Chilufya says the country has recorded 472 new cases and three brought-in-dead cases in the last 24 hours. On Friday, Dr Chitalu announced that 15 MPs were infected with COVID-19 but Clerk of the National […]
Linda applies to withdraw from representing Prime TV
LUSAKA lawyer Linda Kasonde’s law firm, LCK Chambers, has applied for leave to withdraw as advocates for Prime Television in a matter where the television station is challenging government’s decision to cease all cooperation with it in the Lusaka High Court. Kasonde wants her law firm to cease representing Prime Television due to receiving insufficient…...
CEC counter-sues Zesco for loss of income
COPPERBELT Energy Corporation (CEC) has counter-sued Zesco Limited and Konkola Copper Mines (in liquidation), seeking an order that the Zesco pays it US$144 million as compensation for the power supplied to KCM which it could not recover due to the conspiracy between the two companies and the Energy Minister. CEC is also seeking a declaration…...
Zambia records 472 new COVID-19 cases, 3 BIDs
HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says Zambia has recorded 472 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with three deaths, all of which were brought in dead. And Dr Chilufya says Lusaka is the epicentre of the pandemic while the Copperbelt has become a hot spot. At a briefing today, Dr Chilufya said the […]
National Assembly corrects Chitalu’s record on Covid positive MPs
CLERK of the National Assembly Cecilia Mbewe says only five members of parliament have tested positive to COVID-19 and not 15 as earlier announced by Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya. On Friday, Chilufya said 15 members of parliament and 11 National Assembly staff had tested positive to COVID-19. “We did make an announcement that in […]
Kampyongo says fugitive who attacked police will be dealt with, but declines to name him
HOME Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has confirmed that one police officer at Lusaka Central was severely beaten up and robbed of two cell phones and cash amounting to K4, 000 after PF Youth Chairman for Eastern Province Emmanuel Banda, popularly known as Jay Jay, attacked the station two weeks ago. And Kampyongo says police have…...
PF confident about Lungu’s eligibility because ConCourt succumbed to their threats
ASPIRING Kaumbwe constituency PF member of parliament Moses Mutale says the ruling party should identify an alternative presidential candidate in case the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) rejects President Edgar Lungu’s nomination papers on account of eligibility. In a press statement, the aspiring lawmaker cautioned that it would be dangerous for the ruling party to […]
Govt rules out lock down
GOVERNMENT says there will be no lockdown despite the increasing number of COVID-19 cases being recorded. In a statement, Thursday, Chief Government spokesperson Dora Siliya said Cabinet, however, emphasized that schools would remain closed as the pandemic was being brought under control. “Cabinet agreed that the country would not be under lockdown but that all […]
This isn’t time to attend funerals – Chitalu
HEALTH Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says most people who are infected with COVID-19 are linked to crowd activities such as funerals. And Dr Chilufya says Zambia has recorded 154 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya says the 15 members of parliament and 11 National Assembly staff have […]