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Sometimes, I instruct law enforcement agencies to drop investigations into financial crimes – KalalukaAttorney General Likando Kalaluka says fighting financial crimes is not an easy undertaking and he sometimes instructs law enforcement agencies to drop certain cases to avoid getting the state sued for compensation. And Kalaluka says […]
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Chinese firm’s admission that it swindled govt makes sad reading – DoraChief government spokesperson Dora Siliya says the admission by a Chinese company that it used falsified documents to win a government tender under Zesco makes sad reading. Energy Minister Mathews Nkhuwa said he was not […]
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FIC records K6.1bn Illicit financial transactions, up from K4.5bn in 2017The Financial Intelligence Centre has reported a 33 per cent increase in the amount of money that Zambia lost to financial crimes from K4.5 billion in 2017 to K6.1 billion in 2018. And FIC Director […]
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Govt defaults on €6m military loan, reports Africa ConfidentialAfrica Confidential reports that the government of Zambia has failed to pay the initial €6 million of the €97 million loan repayment to an Italian bank, borrowed to buy two military planes. And Africa Confidential […]
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World Bank bans Chinese firm for defrauding Zambia in a Zesco electrify dealThe World Bank has banned a Chinese firm named Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Ltd (ZTT), a company that manufactures and distributes fiber optic cable, in connection with fraudulent practices under the Lusaka Transmission and Distribution Rehabilitation […]
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Chitotela is not in govt to represent his tribal grouping, he must go – TIZTransparency International Zambia says much as it respects the Chishinga Royal Establishment’s right to offer tribal solidarity, calls for Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela’s dismissal are backed by the law and it would only be […]
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Dickson Jere reopens old Rupiah ‘wounds’ in congratulating MutharikaUniversity of Zambia lecturer Dr Sishuwa Sishuwa yesterday joined social media critics who took former State House press aide Dickson Jere to task after he shared a story of how former President Rupiah Banda dispatched […]
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Miles entertains againYou could be excused for suggesting that Lusaka Mayor Miles Sampa has successfully removed himself from being a policy making government executive to a performing celebrity – that’s if celebrity means shocking and entertaining citizens […]
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KCM liquidation committee names interim managers for Konkola, Nchanga minesImpeccable sources in Chingola have told News Diggers! that the consultative meeting held to chart the way forward for the liquidation of Konkola Copper Mines, Monday, resolved to appoint some interim managers to run the […]
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Musenge cimo fye na lunshi – KambwiliMusenge cimo fye na lunshi (Former NDC secretary general Mwenya Musenge is just the same as a housefly), says NDC leader Chishimba Kambwili. And Kambwili says many people who are angry about the state of […]
