Investigation reveals fraud, corruption at Cancer Hospital, UTH
A News Diggers investigation has unearthed a scheme in which some medical staff at the Cancer Diseases Hospital and University Teaching Hospital are conniving with officials from the Social Welfare to collect money from unsuspecting patients in order to exempt them from paying bills. The fraudulent scheme which also involves junior workers who identify and…...
A Letter to Maureen Mwanawasa
Dear Maureen, Your departure was sudden. Were you in a hurry to meet up with your husband? It is not lost on us that he too died unexpectedly in the month of August, exactly sixteen years ago today, the sad day when the earth is set to swallow the small house of wood that you […]
Can Zambia Weather the Storm? Climate Crisis and Policy Response
Introduction Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing global development challenges of the 21st century, with impacts that transcend national boundaries. Its impacts are no longer a distant future threat but present realities disproportionately affecting vulnerable regions. Zambia, a nation with an agricultural economy, exemplifies this challenge, grappling with recurrent droughts and […]
Lungu’s suspicious silence on Jay Jay’s disappearance and his abuse of the MP
SINCE Petauke Member of Parliament Emmanuel Jay Banda disappeared from Chipata general hospital, we haven’t heard much from his master – former president Edgar Lungu. He is not showing any much concern over the mysterious disappearance. Our readers will remember that when the story of Jay Jay being abducted came out, Mr Lungu went on…...
UPND doesn’t know what it’s doing in corruption fight, evidence is everywhere – Wynter
ECONOMIC Front leader Wynter Kabimba says while there are many policy areas where he fundamentally disagrees with President Hakainde Hichilema, he doesn’t have any personal problem with the Head of State, unlike some other opposition leaders. Meanwhile, Kabimba says UPND don’t know what they are doing in the fight against corruption because evidence against some…...
People of Luapula thought I was lame because I’m Hichilema, jokes HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says people of Luapula Province thought he was lame because of his surname. Speaking when he graced the Bwilile Traditional ceremony of the Bwile People of Luapula Province, Saturday, President Hichilema joked that people at the ceremony had watched him carefully as he walked in to check if he had any missing…...
Court hears how Malanji pressured MoF to fund procurement of properties in Turkey
A Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) Senior Investigations Officer has told the Economic and Financial Crimes Court that according to his investigations, former foreign affairs minister Joseph Malanji pressured the Ministry of Finance to fund the procurement of properties in Turkey. Kwaleyela Mukelabai also told the court that former secretary to the treasury Fredson Yamba instructed…...
Some people are ditching SP because we refused to join UKA – Musumali
SOCIALIST Party General Secretary Dr Cosmas Musumali says some members are resigning because they did not agree with the party leadership’s position on not joining the United Kwacha Alliance (UKA). Socialist Party has been rocked with a series of resignations, the recent being Livingstone constituency chairlady Vanessa Shamilimo and National Management Committee Chrispin Chiinda. The…...
We’ll not support unnatural sexual practices, insists HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia shall remain a Christian nation and will not support negative and unnatural sexual practices. And President Hichilema says he now understands the complexities of serving the diverse needs of country, noting that the resource envelope is never sufficient. Meanwhile, The Head of State has gifted the Evangelical Fellowship in Zambia…...
HH donates his salary, allowances to charity – Jito
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema’s Finance and Investments advisor Jito Kayumba says the Head of State has been receiving his salary and allowances, but donates it all to charity. In June last year, Kayumba said President Hichilema does not collect his salary as he preferred to divert it to charitable endeavours. He said this after President Hichilema…...
