Fugitive PF official, Jay Jay flees into Mozambique
EASTERN Province PF chairman Andrew Lubusha says the ruling party in the area is still trying to get hold of provincial youth chairperson Emmanuel J. Banda, commonly known as Jay Jay, following last week’s fracas at Lusaka Central Police. But PF sources in Petauke have told News Diggers that Banda, commonly known as Jay Jay,…...
Govt to address civil servants’ indebtedness, panic loan deductions by institutions
VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says Finance Minister Dr Bwalya Ng’andu will soon furnish Parliament with details of how mechanisms being put in place to address the issue of civil servants being indebted to financial institutions will be implemented. And Vice-President Wina says a huge number of councillors are joining the PF after resigning from the UPND…...
COVID-19 death toll rises to 120
Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya says the country has recorded 120 COVID-19 deaths as at July 18, 2020. And Dr Chilufya says the country has recorded 170 new COVID-19 cases out of 1,352 tests done. Meanwhile, Dr Chilufya said Independent Lukashya member of parliament Mwenya Munkonge died of complications with high blood pressure and heart […]
COVID-19 hits Forest Rangers as 28 team members test positive
FOREST Rangers Football Club’s participation in the resumed FAZ/MTN Super League hangs in the balance as 28 players and support staff have tested positive for COVID-19. The football club’s media and public relations officer Christina Zulu stated today that the positive cases came out of 58 people who were tested early this week as guided […]
Here’s how Honeybee tender flouted procurement rules
If Attorney General knew about this, he aided criminality ATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka State Counsel has told this country that the controversial US$17 million Ministry of Health supply tender for Health Centre Kits was awarded to an individual called Imran Lunat, and not Honeybee Pharmacy Limited. When people queried how he could approve such a […]
Chitalu dodges questions on why PF members are flouting COVID-19 guidelines
HEALTH Minister Dr Chilatu Chilufya yesterday failed to give substantial reasons to why PF officials, including himself, have been flouting COVID-19 guidelines, opting instead to mock the UPND for being “undemocratic”. Â And Dr Chilufya says the number of COVID-19 deaths has risen to 108, with 190 new cases as of July 17, 2020. Meanwhile,…...
Lukasha MP dies
LUKASHA independent member of parliament Mwenya Munkonge has died. Northern Province Minister Lazarus Chungu confirmed this development in an interview this morning. “We have learnt with shock about the untimely death of the honourable member for Lukasha Constituency, honourable Mwenya Munkonge. I received a phone call this morning from the Government Chief Whip who told […]
Peter changes his story with K114,559.73 betPawa win
Peter Mwenya became one of betPawa’s first K0.50 Jackpot ticket BIG winners, winning K114,559.73 on emPawa13. The Luanshya resident got all 13 results right on one ticket on 09/06 to achieve the K100,000 top prize. He won a further K14,559.73 by making 10, 11 and 12 correct predictions on other tickets. He said: “When you […]
Former ministers owe state K4.7m – MoF
THE Ministry of Finance has told the Constitutional Court that former cabinet and deputy ministers who received emoluments after the dissolution of Parliament in 2016 are supposed to pay back over K4 million. Fides Kalangwa, a Director-Policy Research and Standards in the Office of the Accountant General at the Ministry of Finance has told the…...
Vincent Mwale tests COVID-19 positive
Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Vincent Mwale has joined the list of Cabinet Ministers who have tested COVID-19 positive. In an interview, Mwale said he was quarantined at his residence and that he was currently asymptomatic. “Yes it is true I have tested positive for COVID-19, but I am fit. I have no symptoms and…...