By MAIMBO MWEEMBAChingola Constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga has encouraged the affected residents in Kasompe Airstrip area to name and shame the illegal land allocators. Speaking when visited the affected residents, Mr Chipoka also told the residents to present the documentation they were given by the allocators. Mr Chipoka said he will do what […]

By CLOZZEN BIKALEMushindamo Town Council has granted 66 local cooperatives with certificates as conformational grant payments under Community Development Funds – CDF for the first quarter of 2022. The local authority has disbursed four hundred seventy five thousand Kwacha to 66 cooperatives selected in the first quarter of CDF allocation. Solwezi East Member of Parliament, Dr […]

By Mercy Chewe United Party for National Development (UPND) member and Copperbelt-based business executive Mellbin Muyoba Simangolwa has pledged to support the re-adopted UPND candidate in the Kabushi Parliamentary by election Bernard Kanengo. Mr Simangolwa applied to contest the Kabushi Seat on the UPND ticket but missed out on adoption. The UPND on Wednesday announced […]

Inspector General Lemmy Kajoba has disclosed that Police will next week summon certain individuals to help with investigations into the gassing incidents. Mr Kajoba said criminals behind the gassing incidents will soon be brought to book, stating that they have to account for their actions. A few years ago, the country experienced a wave of attacks on […]

By Staff Writer Former Republican President Edgar Lungu has announced retirement from active politics as he wants to concentrate on the charity works of the Edgar Lungu Foundation. Dr Lungu said that Zambians should understand that he is no longer interested in politics and will not participate in any political activities in the country. The […]

A Kenyan election official who was in charge of a constituency in the just concluded elections collapsed and died on Monday. Geoffrey Gitobu was at the electoral body’s offices in Nanyuki town, in central Kenya, when he collapsed and was pronounced dead at a hospital near the office. He was in charge of elections in […]

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA A Former Forestry Department director has been arrested for alleged corrupt practices involving the exportation of Mukula logs worth over K10 million. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested and Ignatius Makumba 56 of Lusaka with two counts of Abuse of Authority of Office. ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono said details in the […]

By Staff WriterInspector General of Police Lemmy Kajoba says cases of human trafficking are increasing at a fast rate. Mr Kajoba said this calls for capacity building in officers both in Zambia and regionally, for them to effectively investigate and eradicate cases of human trafficking. He also said Zambia is one of the transit points […]

Patriotic Front Copperbelt Chairman Nathan Chanda says the party is shocked by the decision of the Chingola Municipal Council to demolish houses of the poor people in Kasompe area without finding alternative places to accommodate them. Mr Chanda who is also former Mayor of Luanshya said it is inhumane for the council to carry out […]

By Staff Writer The Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC)Board of Commissioners has fined Levy Mwanawasa Medical University 0. 5 percent of its annual turnover for engaging in unfair trading practices. In a statement issued, CCPC public relations unit state that investigations by the Commission revealed that the university had failed to award degrees to BSc […]