Reasonable trips can’t be avoided, but excessive travel is what needs curtailing – Mbula
FORMER secretary to cabinet Leslie Mbula says government is expected to manage trips even when the country is not experiencing a national emergency. Mbula, however, says reasonable trips cannot be avoided, but excessive travel is what needs to be curtailed. On Wednesday, President Hakainde Hichilema said there was need to curtail trips and workshops for…...
Sean Tembo’s complaint against Batuke’s “lucifer” remark dismissed
THE Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has thrown out a matter in which PeP leader Sean Tembo dragged UPND Secretary General Batuke Imenda to court for the alleged offence of hate speech. This follows Director of Public Prosecutions Gilbert Phiri’s refusal to grant Tembo consent to privately prosecute the matter. In this matter, Imenda was facing one…...
Lungu is going through a lot, he’s bound to lose it – Mulusa
UNITED Kwacha Alliance (UKA) Secretary General Lucky Mulusa says former president Edgar Lungu is bound to lose it in his utterances because he is going through a lot as a human being. And Mulusa says Lungu has already indicated that he will not lead the alliance. Speaking when he featured on Diamond TV’s COSTA programme,…...
Marriages failing because couples don’t undergo counselling – Families are Nations
FAMILIES are Nations president Judith Mwila says divorce cases have increased because couples don’t undergo counselling before tying the knot. On Friday, President Hakainde Hichilema urged families, the church, traditional leaders and community organisations to enhance marriage counselling and teachings, saying it was unacceptable that divorce cases had continued to rise. In an interview, Saturday,…...
Govt to engage Zesco on possiblity of splitting load shedding hours
GOVERNMENT has disclosed that it will soon engage Zesco on the possibility of splitting the eight hours of load shedding in order to cushion its impact on businesses. And Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says government is forecasting a harvest of 1, 750,000 metric tonnes of maize from provinces that have had normal rainfall. Speaking…...
We’ll need more terms to correct problems inherited from PF – UPND MP
NCHANGA UPND member of parliament Derricky Chilundika says it is unfair to blame the escalation of mealie meal prices on President Hakainde Hichilema. And Chilundika says the UPND had been open that it can’t sort out all problems inherited from PF in one term. In an interview, Chilundika said there was no shortage of mealie…...
Chisenga explains why she called HH a liar in Parley
MAMBILIMA PF member of parliament Jean Chisenga says she called President Hakainde Hichilema a liar when he was exiting the National Assembly because that was the only platform she had to speak to him. As President Hichilema was interacting with MPs after addressing the House on Friday, Chisenga shouted “ba President Ubufi”. President Hichilema acknowledged…...
US govt contributes $367 million towards HIV response
MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima says though talking about sex was a taboo sometime back, he is aware that children are having sex, hence the need to talk about it. And Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo has disclosed that over 600,000 people have been accessing PrEP since its inception in 2017. Meanwhile, United States Ambassador…...
83 teachers forged grade 12 certificates in 2018 – Syakalima
MINISTER of Education Douglas Syakalima has revealed that 83 teachers were blacklisted for being in possession of forged grade 12 certificates in 2018. Syakalima says government has no plans to pardon the banned teachers because their punishment serves as a deterrent measure to would-be offenders. Speaking in the National Assembly, Syakalima said the teacher registration…...
We’ve directed CEEC to facilitate solar loans to salon, barbershop owners – Mubanga
SMALL and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Elias Mubanga says government has directed CEEC to quickly facilitate a solar loan scheme to SMEs, especially salon and barbershop owners, in view of current power outages. In an interview, Monday, Mubanga acknowledged that load-shedding had negatively impacted small businesses. “The load shedding has actually affected our small businesses,…...
