Archive: 27 April 2020

UPND secretary general Stephen Katuka says the PF government is more concerned in having more councilors than fighting COVID-19. In an interview, Katuka said the announcement of the date for the upcoming by-elections by the […]

FORMER minister commerce Bob Sichinga says former finance minister Alexander Chikwanda is responsible for Zambia’s debt crisis and it is illogical for him to wash his hands of it today. Recently, Chikwanda dismissed a letter […]

FORMER Finance Minister Felix Mutati says the entire 2020 budget needs to be re-worked to provide clarity to the nation regrading what is achievable this year given the huge expected government revenue shortfall amid COVID-19. […]

PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu’s desire to re-open some sectors of Zambia’s economy is not a feasible plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, says Alliance for Democracy and development (ADD) president Charles Milupi. And Milupi has expressed […]

NALIKWANDA UPND member of parliament Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa has called on the Ministry of General Education to make an effective assessment to the newly-launched electronic educational programmes to establish if they are attaining their intended […]

A LUSAKA woman has dragged Woolies (Zambia) Limited, trading as Woolworths, to court for allegedly selling her expired mixed berry flavoured juice, making her daughters sick after consuming it. Evelyn Mooka, who has sued as […]

THE Resident Doctors Association of Zambia (RDAZ) has directed all its branches to hold an urgent branch meeting today, following the growing number of health personnel getting infected with COVID-19 and the escalating levels of […]

NATIONAL Democratic Congress (NDC) president Chishimba Kambwili PF’s decision to constitute a 25-member delegation to investigate illegal gold mining activities in North Western Province is an investigation of thieves by thieves. And Kambwili says says President Edgar Lungu is a mercenary and Zambians should see him for who he truly is. Last week, PF Secretary General Davies Mwila suspended North Western Province chairperson Jack Kungo pending investigations in his alleged involvement in illegal gold mining activities in the province.  President Edgar Lungu also removed Provincial Police Commissioner Hudson Hamachila on grounds that his command had failed to secure gold deposits in North Western Province. But Kamwbili wondered how the Patriotic Front would send a team of party investigators instead of letting the State investigative wings to do the job. "That is a lot of nonsense, Brain Mundubile is not a law enforcement agency. Neither are Kampamba Mulenga, Alexander Chiteme and Chilangwa. Let this matter be investigated by the police independently. Once the police give a report, PF must act on the report of the police. That team that Mwila has sent is a smoke screen because first and foremost, Mwila is very close to Kungo…and there is nothing that Mwila can do against him," Kambwili said.

An investigation has revealed that some Zambian diplomats abroad have been living in plush hotels as their official residences are being renovated, while some have been occupying expensive hotel apartments, despite the official residences being vacant. Zambia’s Ambassador to Belgium Esther Munalula Nkandu has been renting a three bedroom apartment at one of the expensive hotel apartments in Brussels from the time she took office in May 2019 despite the official residence being vacant. And the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that Ambassador Munalula lives in a rented apartment, saying this is because government did not have no money to renovate the official residence which is said to have some faults. According to the Thon Residence Parnasse, where Ambassador Munalula is accommodated, a three bedroom apartment costs €3,850 per month, equivalent to about K77, 000, whilst the Embassy residence has been vacant since October 2019. Sources contacted during the investigation revealed that Ambassador Munalula had been resisting moving to the official residence, insisting that the building still has some faults, despite it being renovated.

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