Nkoma urges govt to set up entity to manage forfeited assets
ECONOMIST Noel Nkoma says government should consider establishing a special purpose vehicle to operate as an asset management company to safeguard the integrity and accountability of all seized and forfeited assets. On Tuesday, the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) revealed that it had recovered US$30,902,855, which is over K777 million, through non-conviction based forfeiture cases, during…...
Lubinda in tears as court acquits him of corruption charges
PF faction vice president Given Lubinda broke down in tears yesterday after the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court acquitted him of four counts of being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. Magistrate Stanford Ngobola acquitted Lubinda after noting that the prosecution had failed to discharge the burden of proving the ingredients of the…...
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Police nab Lsk woman for inflicting severe burns on her child
POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 35-year-old woman of Kanyama Compound for inflicting severe burns on her own child whom she accused of stealing some money. In a statement, Thursday, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga stated that the nine-year-old girl was able to tell victim support officers that her mother burnt her back and buttocks with…...
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BB11 deserves to be in FIFA best 11 – Orlando Pride
ORLANDO Pride vice president of soccer operations and general manager, Harley Carter, says the club will give Copper Queens striker Barbara Banda the platform to display her talent to the world. Speaking during Banda’s unveiling press conference, Carter said the Zambian star deserved to be in the FIFA best 11. “Barbra should be in the…...
Nkandu calls for patience among athletes over payment of their dues
SPORTS Minister Elvis Nkandu has called for patience among athletes who reaped medals at the All Africa Games and other competitions over the payment of their dues. In an interview with Goal Diggers, Nkandu said government was still committed to paying athletes but had limited resources because of the hard times the country was facing…....
Kalaba’s condition remains stable – UTH
THE University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has revealed that 2012 AFCON winner Rainford Kalaba’s condition has remained stable. Kalaba was injured in a road traffic accident on Saturday afternoon, and has been hospitalized at UTH since. Updating the nation on the football star’s condition yesterday, UTH Public Relations Officer Nzeba Chanda revealed that Kabala was steadily…...
It’s not the duty of the police to regulate speech
THE Inspector General of Zambia Police, Graphel Musamba says “citizens do not understand that freedom of expression has limits and that Zambia’s democracy was in its nascent state that is just emerging from doldrums of democracy”. He says his police officers are on alert because democracy seems to be opening up chapters of libel and…...
Farming isn’t just for old people, HH tells youths
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says youths need to realise that the notion that farming is only for old people and doesn’t pay is incorrect. And President Hichilema says it’s not bad to export products if the country wants to grow the economy. Speaking when he toured Sorghum trial plots in Chilanga, Wednesday, President Hichilema said farming…...
