Archive: 25 May 2021
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Lorita holds top spot going into round 7 of the Africa Individual Chess ChampionshipWOMAN Fide Master (WFM) Lorita Mwango has tightened her hold on the top of the Africa Individual Chess Championships after stretching her unbeaten to six matches. With two rounds to play before the end of […]
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Attorney General applies to join Lungu’s eligibility petitionATTORNEY General Likando Kalaluka has applied to join a matter in which Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa and Chapter One Foundation have petitioned the Constitutional Court over the nomination of President Edgar Lungu as Presidential candidate on […]
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Lungu pardons 579 inmatesPRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has pardoned 579 inmates from various correctional facilities countrywide to commemorate African Freedom Day which falls on May 25, 2021. In a statement, Monday, Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Masiye Banda […]
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New MoH drug scandal criminal – LifukaGOVERNANCE activist Rueben Lifuka says the non-delivery of drugs and medical supplies worth over K166 million dispatched from Medical Stores Limited, is not only scandalous but criminal. And Lifuka says the Ministry of Health needs […]
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Judiciary gears to hear presidential petitionCHIEF Registrar of the Judiciary and director of court operations Charles Kafunda says the Judiciary has put in place new rules in order for the Constitutional Court to effectively deal with a possible presidential election... […]
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Lungu not interested in time wasters questioning his eligibility – ChipampeSPECIAL Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Isaac Chipampe says President Edgar Lungu is not interested in time wasters who are questioning his eligibility. Last week, the Legal Resources Foundation petitioned the […]
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Govt targeting CEC through SI No 24 – MusokotwaneFORMER Finance Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says the Statutory Instrument number 24 of 2021 under the Electricity Act of 2019 which was issued by government in April this year, is solely targeted at the Copperbelt […]
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Court acquits Kambwili in contempt caseFORMER NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili has been acquitted by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a matter where he was charged with contempt of court. In her judgement, Lusaka Magistrate Nsunge Chanda said the State had... […]
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Mweetwa must apologise for calling Luo a Mister – AntonioPF media director Antonio Mwanza has ordered UPND spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa to apologise to former Livestock and Fisheries Minister Prof Nkandu Luo for referring to her as a ‘Mr’ during a media briefing on Sunday.... […]
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Katongo justifies Tayali’s ‘unlawful detention’POLICE spokesperson Esther Katongo has justified that a suspect may be detained beyond 48 hours before appearing before the courts if the police feel the suspect must not be released on police bond. Last week, […]
