Binwell wonders why “criminals” behind Jay Jay’s abduction are still serving within the Presidency
NKANA Independent MP Binwell Mpundu is questioning why individuals allegedly involved in the abduction of Emmanuel Jay Banda are still serving within the Presidency when they should have been fired. Mpundu raised an urgent matter without notice in the National Assembly, Friday, indicating that an audio had circulated in which a Permanent Secretary at the…...
I’m still PF president, there’s no pact with Lungu – Miles
MATERO PF member of parliament Miles Sampa says he is still PF president. And Sampa says there is no pact or agreement which he signed with former president Edgar Lungu when they met, describing the meeting as a courtesy call. He further says he fired his secretary general Morgan Ng’ona and leader of opposition Robert…...
Esther was illegally funded throughout Lungu’s tenure – Mweetwa
CHIEF Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says former first lady Esther Lungu’s office was getting an illegal allocation of funds through the National Assembly throughout her husband Edgar Lungu’s time in office. At a press briefing on Friday, Lungu said the expulsion of nine PF MPs from the National Assembly was the highest level of political…...
Politics shouldn’t take precedence as we feed our people during drought – HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says politics should not take precedence as government works to feed those who have been affected by the drought. And House of Chiefs Chairperson Chief Chisunka has assured President Hichilema that he is not alone in the fight against the effects of drought. Speaking when he officiated at the Bene Mukuni Traditional…...
We’re not load-shedding hospitals, insists Kapala
ENERGY Minister Peter Kapala has insisted that critical institutions like hospitals and water utilities are being exempted from load-shedding. Bu Kapala says some health institutions are technically impossible to isolate given how they are embedded in the Zesco transmission system, but promises that they’ll be cushioned by the Presidential Solar initiative. Giving a Ministerial statement…...
When people call for change, don’t arrest them – Lungu
FORMER president Edgar Lungu says one lesson he has learnt from the UK polls is that when people call for change, they must be allowed to express themselves and shouldn’t be arrested. In a Facebook post to congratulate the newly elected UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Saturday, Lungu said lessons should be learnt from…...
There’s been confusion in understanding NHIMA, notes Masebo
HEALTH Minister Sylvia Masebo has observed that there has been confusion and misunderstanding by many players, including government, since NHIMA was launched. Masebo has also expressed concern over the low registration of citizens on the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) scheme countrywide. Speaking during the launch of the Nationwide NHIMA registration and card distribution…...
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Court convicts Samfya man for abetting illegal immigrant
The Department of Immigration in Samfya has secured the conviction of 25-year-old Pascal Chama for aiding and abetting a 51-year-old Congolese national. In a statement, Saturday, Immigration Public Relations Officer Namati Nshinka said Chama was apprehended for assisting Yumba Kyabutakou, an undocumented Congolese national, to sell a motor bike and conduct traditional healing practices, by…...
Police detain 43 for attempting to stage protest at Parley
POLICE have detained 43 people who attempted to stage a one hour protest at Parliament Building on Friday. In a statement, Police Deputy Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale said police investigations revealed that the suspects, among them two aged 14 and 16, were being driven to Parliament Building area by the Socialist Party in order…...
